Merial
Merck, Sanofi-Aventis call off plan to merge animal health units
Merck & Co. and Sanofi-Aventis SA abandoned a plan to combine their animal health businesses in a 50-50 joint venture, citing difficulty divesting parts of the operation and securing approval from antitrust regulators.
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MWI Veterinary Supply buys Nelson Laboratories for $7 million
MWI Veterinary Supply Inc. completed a $7 million acquisition of Nelson Laboratories LP, a distributor of livestock vaccines and other animal health products in the Midwest.
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Merck and Sanofi-Aventis will maintain separate businesses in animal health
Merck and Sanofi-Aventis announced the mutual termination of their agreement to form a new animal health joint venture by combining Merial, the animal health business of Sanofi-Aventis, with Intervet/Schering-Plough, Merck's animal health unit. As a result, each party will keep its current, separate animal health assets and businesses.
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Take the IVOMEC (ivermectin) Spring Challenge
Merial will continue the IVOMEC (ivermectin) Spring Challenge for the fourth year based on the success of the program for cattle producers. Cattle prices are up, but so are production costs, and producers are feeling the strain on the profit outlook this year.
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IGENITY now accepting hair samples for BVD-PI testing
IGENITY®, a division of Merial®, announces hair samples are now being accepted for the optional diagnostic test for persistent infections (PI) of the bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) virus. Producers choosing to test for BVD-PI in conjunction with the comprehensive IGENITY profile now have the option to submit tissue or hair samples.
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- UNL crop-residue presentations available online
- Cow slaughter through May likely to exceed same period in 2012
- Beef Quiz: Growing beef demand
- AFBF president issues statement on U.S.-EU trade negotiations
- E. coli test leads to National Beef recall
- Buckle your seatbelt for the House consideration of the farm bill
- Will Smith dethroned in latest Peterson Farm Bros. parody
- 3,000 pounds of copper wire stolen from Oklahoma ranch
- Changes in U.S.-Mexican cattle and beef trade
- Crude oil expected to peak and cost of electricity to go down
- Peterson Brothers: What summer vacation?
- Experts weigh in on lowest beef supply in 60 years
