Animal Health
Virtual NOAH AGM re-elects Chair
The National Office of Animal Health (NOAH), the trade association for UK manufacturers of veterinary medicines, held its first-ever virtual AGM last month. It not only re-elected Jamie Brannan as chairman along with the entire Officer team to serve for a further...
Benchmark divests Fish Vet Group to Zoetis
Aquaculture and animal health group Benchmark Holdings has sold its Fish Vet Group business to the world’s largest animal health company, Zoetis. The move is part of an ongoing restructuring following recent significant losses - the group has already divested its...
Roslin collaboration for animal disease diagnostics
Edinburgh’s Roslin Technologies is to work with Destina Genomics in a new joint venture business, Vetsina Animal Diagnostics, aiming to develop a range of faster diagnostics for veterinary diseases including mastitis. The partners believe that harnessing Destina’s...
EU clears Elanco’s Bayer Animal Health deal
The European Commission (EC) has approved Elanco’s pending acquisition of the Bayer Animal Health business unit. Subject to other regional market approvals, the $7.6 billion deal announced in August 2019 is expected to complete in August this year. Elanco has divested...
New chair for livestock tracing group
The new chair of the Traceability Design User Group (TDUG), the cross-industry body set up to guide and advise the work of the Livestock Information Programme (LIP), is Laura Ryan. Ms Ryan has been involved with LIP for some time, as she was part of the team that set...
Feed additive mitigator for virus control
Agrimprove, the functional feed ingredients brand of Royal Agrifirm Group, has developed FeedLock, a new feed mitigator to protect feeds from viral contamination. It says FeedLock has been proven to mitigate viral contamination of feed and is a biosecurity measure to...