Saddle-up

Digital Angel Corp. has announced an initiative to target the more than $100 million RFID market for horses.

Its RFID product, Bio-Thermo, will provide some 8 million horses in the United States with an identification and health status surveillance tags required by local and state equine animal health professionals.

The company's RFID product is about the size of a grain of rice. It is injected into the crest of a horse's neck. The chip monitors the horse's temperature. It also contains an identification number that, when activated by a scanner, can be connected to a database with the horse's documentation.