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In reality there is no way for the readers to be expensive now. Most 
companies use "keycard" type badges. These badges contain and RFID chip 
and the reader reads the chip. Then the chip id and input PIN are 
matched in the database to the person who the badge belongs and if it is 
correct entry is allowed. There are 10's of thousands of these systems 
around. It is the same technology except the reader is mounted on a wall 
and connected to a computer. The cost for a hand held reader is a ripoff.

Truman

Sisu West Ranch wrote:
> Hopefully I will not start the "flame war".  This difficulty of horse 
> ID is a good reason for the national animal identification system.  
> See the article in the most recent AHA magazine. about the adoption of 
> a chip, standards etc.
>
> Looking down the road, the readers will come down in price.  There is 
> no reason for them to be more than $50 if mass produced.  Then any 
> person, with no special horse knowledge, can run the scanner down the 
> horse's neck, and compare the number with he number on the coggins 
> papers.  The investment in a scanner (the cost could often be shared 
> among RM's in a state or area.) would be well worth it and would speed 
> up the whole process.
>
> As has been briefly mentioned, you do not want to have your horse at a 
> gathering with a positive horse.  At the minimum, you will face a long 
> quarantine, and the cost of multiple Coggins.  The regs about trail 
> rides etc. vary greatly.   In WI whenever two or more horses meet by 
> prearrangement, coggins must be examined and records kept for a year.  
> In MN you only need to do this if it is a contest that gives prizes.  
> That is, a recreational trail ride is exempt, even if you pay a fee 
> but a distance riding competition is not because of ribbons etc.
>
> IN MN and WI it is common practice for ride managers to request a copy 
> of Coggins to file.  When I managed when people showed up only with 
> original I made them copy the relevant info from the coggins paper and 
> filed that.  It was enough of a pain to copy by hand that I don't 
> think anyone did it more than one time.
>
> Ed
> Ed & Wendy Hauser
> 2994 Mittower Road
> Victor, MT 59875
>
> (406) 642-9640
>
> ranch(at)sisuwest(dot)us
>
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