Bayer Animal Health has reported a 13.6% increase in revenues for the first three months of 2010. The business unit, part of the Consumer Health segment within Bayer’s HealthCare division, saw sales rise to €259 million ($335.8m) from the €228 million in Q1 2009. The increase was 12.9% after ...

Novartis Animal Health , the veterinary medicines business within the Swiss multinational Novartis medical group, has reported fiscal 2009 revenues of $1.101 billion in local currencies, a 4% increase on the rounded 2008 figure of $1.1bn. Animal Health is part of Novartis' Consumer Health division, ...

The 2009 financial results from Eli Lilly and Co show that its Elanco Animal Health subsidiary grew by 10% over the year, with the Posilac bovine somatotropin line lifting US sales significantly. Elanco's worldwide animal health sales were $1.21 billion. The US accounted for $672.2 million of the ...

The UK’s Department of Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has released draft legislation as a further step towards the implementation of its controversial animal health responsibility and cost sharing initiative in England. The draft Animal Health Bill follows the industry consultation ...

Animal feed additive and supplement manufacturer Novus International has received EU approval for its range of chelated feed minerals. The company’s Mintrex Zinc, Mintrex Manganese and Mintrex Copper products are now registered as feed additives for all species. The company claims that the chelated ...

Bayer Animal Health has reported a 13.6% increase in revenues for the first three months of 2010. The business unit, part of the Consumer Health segment within Bayer’s HealthCare division, saw sales rise to €259 million ($335.8m) from the €228 million in Q1 2009. The increase was 12.9% after ...

China Animal Healthcare , the Hong Kong–based manufacturer and distributor of livestock and poultry medicines for the Chinese market, has acquired a swine vaccine business. The company says that subsidiary Shenzhou Pagina-Kang Technology Co has agreed to buy Jianxiang Hemu from its four ...

The US pharmacy company Wedgewood has extended a licensing agreement with Royer Animal Health enabling it to manufacture veterinary cancer treatments using Royer’s drug delivery technology. Wedgewood has an exclusive license to compound implantable beads containing carboplatin using Royer’s Matrix ...

Russia is suffering from its first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) since 2006 after the virus was found in livestock near the Chinese border, according to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The virus infected 112 cattle and four pigs and was located 7.5 miles from the border, ...

The International Federation for Animal Health (IFAH) and United States company Elanco have both said they support the scientific progress the growth promoting feed ingredient ractopamine, made at the latest session of the Commission of the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health ...

The University of Guelph’s Veterinary College in Ontario, Canada has opened a new veterinary healthcare centre. It says the Hill’s Pet Nutrition Primary Healthcare Centre will operate like a regular vet clinic, where animals can receive routine care under the watchful eye of student veterinarians. ...

Heska, the Colorado-based manufacturer of diagnostic equipment for the veterinary market, alongside vaccines and pharmaceuticals, has posted a first-quarter loss on a reduced turnover. The company recorded an operating loss of $488,000 on sales of $17.7 million in the three months to March 31st, ...