Lisbon - Nov 17 - Portuguese Government selects Digital Angel's implantable RFID microchip for mandatory dog identification project .The Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture to launch the first phase of a national mandatory dog identification project using the Company's proprietary implantable RFID (radio frequency identification) microchip. This contract is valued at approximately $2,600,000 and shipments have begun and are expected to be completed in the third quarter.
The Portuguese dog identification program is being conducted in conjunction with the country's annual rabies vaccination drive. The Portuguese ministry was prompted to undertake the project because other countries in Europe had experienced excellent results with their pet identification campaigns and the injectable electronic identification of pets is rapidly growing in popularity throughout the world.
The deadline for all of Portugal's approximately 2 million dogs to be identified and registered in a national database is 2007.
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