Experiences with Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni) microchipping in Slovenia — Short communication

Dovč, Alenka and Stvarnik, Mateja and Mavri, Urška and Gregurić-Gračner, Gordana and Tomažić, Iztok (2016) Experiences with Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni) microchipping in Slovenia — Short communication. Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 64 (1). pp. 47-53. ISSN 0236-6290

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Abstract

This study describes experiences obtained with microchipping of Hermann’s tortoises in Slovenia. Over a period of three years, a total of 5,128 Hermann’s tortoises from parental breeding stock were microchipped. Microchips were implanted subcutaneously in the left inguinal region. During the application of microchips, males were bleeding in 2.6% and females in 1.4% of the cases. Bleeding frequency was related to sex, animal size and environmental temperature at the time of microchipping. The presence of microchips was followed up over a period of several years. At the control check conducted a few years later, all previously microchipped tortoises were included. Out of the entire parental breeding stock, 235 (4.6%) had lost their microchips, thus 63 males (5.7%) and 172 females (4.3%) were unmarked. The possible reasons for microchip loss are migration or inactivity of the implanted microchips.

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