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27% growth for Virbac in Q2
30 July 2010

Following a very strong first quarter (Animal Pharm No 685, p4) the French animal health group Virbac 's unaudited consolidated net sales for the second quarter totalled €147.9m. This represents a 12.6% growth on the equivalent period last year. All regions recorded a double digit organic growth, ...

Virbac's 2009 sales up by 5.4%...
Merial and I/SPAH merger “highly probable”, says sanofi...
 
27% growth for Virbac in Q2
30 July 2010

Following a very strong first quarter (Animal Pharm No 685, p4) the French animal health group Virbac 's unaudited consolidated net sales for the second quarter totalled €147.9m. This represents a 12.6% growth on the equivalent period last year. All regions recorded a double digit organic growth, ...

Merial-Intervet brand for world's largest animal health company
28 July 2010

The world’s largest animal health business is starting to take shape with the announcement of a name and a chief executive for the new company. The joint venture business formed by the French multinational sanofi-aventis and Merck & Co , headquartered in the US, combines sanofi-aventis’ Merial with ...

 
Gas tool to measure dairy methane output
20 July 2010

UK researchers have developed an instrument to measure the methane emitted by ruminant animals. The application arose from a research project at the University of Liverpool to study whether a different diet can reduce the methane – a 'greenhouse gas' associated with global climate change – produced ...

US researchers test human antiplatelet drug in dogs
19 July 2010

The human antiplatelet drug clopidogrel – marketed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis as Plavix – could be suitable for the treatment of dogs that need long-term anticoagulant therapy. It may also offer a safe alternative to the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in dogs at risk ...

 
Livestock sector vital for food security
29 July 2010

Livestock contribute 40% of global agricultural output and support the livelihoods and food security of almost one billion people. Rapidly rising incomes and urbanization, combined with population growth, are driving demand for meat and other animal products in many developing countries. Since the ...

71% of Swiss ruminants vaccinated for Bluetongue
20 July 2010

Switzerland’s Federal Veterinary Office reports that 71% of ruminants aged over three months in the country were vaccinated for bluetongue this year. The rate of vaccination was lower than in 2009, when 89% of ruminants were treated, but still high enough to provide adequate protection, since the ...

 
Livestock sector vital for food security
29 July 2010

Livestock contribute 40% of global agricultural output and support the livelihoods and food security of almost one billion people. Rapidly rising incomes and urbanization, combined with population growth, are driving demand for meat and other animal products in many developing countries. Since the ...

UK moves towards compulsory microchips for dogs
26 July 2010

Andrew Rosindell , a member of the United Kingdom Parliament , has launched an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling for the compulsory microchipping of dogs. He claims the policy would have a significant and positive welfare impact on dogs. It would assist in the return of stray and stolen dogs to their ...

 
 
“A leader in the vet world” – new WSAVA president aims high
21 May 2010
Max Pruetzel-Thomas
Dr Kirpensteijn begins his two-year term as WSAVA president in June. Like his predecessor David Wadsworth, he wants to improve the way the organization is run, enabling it to do more and reach further. In his ‘day job’ he is a professor of soft tissue surgery at Utrecht University. His involvement ...
 
Mastitis panel seeks low antibiotic answer to dry cow mastitis
18 June 2010
Jamie Day
While the long term global demand for milk and dairy products is set to increase, in the shorter term European dairy farmers are faced with low prices, uncertainty over the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and a move to fewer but larger herds, the 3rd meeting of the European Mastitis ...
Change at the top: Animal Pharm's ranking of leading animal health manufacturers
04 June 2010
Ashley Yeo
Top-level M&A activity and consequent restructuring of the industry was the talk of 2009. It embroiled all three leading animal health companies and several further down the list. The ripples of these actions are being felt deep into 2010. IBI principal analyst Ashley Yeo describes how the landmark ...
 

VICH reaches out to new regions
15 July 2010
Max Pruetzel-Thomas
The International Cooperation on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for the Registration of Veterinary Medicinal Products – or VICH for short – models itself on the ICH project in the human field, but takes account of the particular needs of the animal health industry. Launched in April 1996, ...
 
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