An animal charity in the United Kingdom is predicting that half the country’s dogs will die of obesity and suffer painful and early deaths because their owners let them become too fat. The People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) said the canine obesity epidemic has reached alarming levels, ...
Pfizer Animal Health has launched a dedicated Equine Business Unit to provide a higher level of service and a comprehensive range of products to equine vets across the United Kingdom. Created following the merger with Fort Dodge, the Pfizer Equine Business Unit is headed by Ben Lacey , who has ...
The French animal health company Vétoquinol has agreed a distribution partnership to market its Zylkene (decapeptide) companion animal stress relief product in North America. It has contracted Orsco Laboratoire Vétérinaire to bring the product to customers in these markets. The product has been ...
Elanco Animal Health , a division of Eli Lilly and Company , has reported an 18% increase in revenues for the second quarter of 2009. The company says that global sales of its animal health products were $324.2 million in the three months to June 30th 2010, 18% up on the $275.4m from Q2 2009. US ...
Agrovet Market Animal Health , a company based in Lima, Peru, has launched the first triclabendazole injectable solution to be developed and registered in Peru. The antiparasitic is approved for use in cattle, sheep, goats and camelids. The product, Fasiject Plus, contains triclabendazole and ...
Feed additive manufacturer AB Vista has gained official registration for its Finase EC branded bacterial 6-phytase product in South Africa. The product was approved for marketing across the European Union earlier this year. The UK-based company says that Finase EC improves the availability of ...
DSM Nutritional Products has opened its fourth premix plant in ChangChun City, in Jilin province, China. With an operating capacity of 15,000 tonnes per year, this new plant extends DSM’s manufacturing reach into East, North and South China. DSM has also agreed plans for a fifth plant with a ...
The international feed manufacturing business Nutreco has acquired a Vietnamese fish and shrimp feed company to add to its Skretting fishfeed operation, and further its global expansion strategy. The Dutch business has purchased the entire shareholding of Tomboy Aquafeed, the fourth largest ...
The Miyazaki prefectural government in the south east of Japan has lifted its state of emergency concerning foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), which had broken out among livestock in the region. The state of emergency was officially ended on midnight July 26 by Miyazaki Governor Hideo ...
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has accredited the Japanese National Institute of Animal Health and the National Veterinary Assay Laboratory as collaborating centers for the diagnosis and control of animal diseases, as well as for the assessment of related veterinary products. The ...
The United Arab Emirates has lifted a ban on the import of live cows from the Netherlands, France and Germany following a recommendation from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The three countries are now considered by the OIE as having a controlled Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ...
Australian animal vaccine company Imugene says last year was a signature period where it was able to establish a strategic alliance with Merial and also create a positive cash flow for the Perth-based firm. Merial established exclusive rights to advance commercialization of vaccines using Imugene’s ...
