ANIMAL HEALTH NEWS-LATE APRIL

MILK WITH NO COWS?, CHANGES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ARGENTINEAN BIOGENESIS BAGO, ELANCO AND MICROBIOME, NEW PET PRESCRIPTION DIET, VETOQUINOL RESULTS IN BRAZIL AND OTHER NEWS.

🟢 Milk without cows? The future of the dairy industry is to do without cattle. Cellular agriculture and precision fermentation mark the future of the sector according to the first startups accelerated by Pascual Innoventures. The objective of Mylkcubator, the first global incubator specialized in the development of innovation projects for the dairy sector, an initiative of Pascual Innoventures in the hands of Eatable Adventures that saw the light of day just 6 months ago, will be the selection of four startups that have in common: to generate dairy products that do not depend on livestock but are nutritionally equivalent to natural ones. (El Español, Apr. 22th)

🟢 Elanco and Ginkgo Bioworks launched BiomEdit, a new animal health company leveraging microbiome technology. BiomEdit intends to discover and develop animal health products that leverage microbiome science to improve animal health, animal protein production, and livestock disease monitoring. Ginkgo Bioworks, the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, develops and introduces novel probiotics, bioactive molecules, engineered microbial medicines and microbial monitoring services for animal health. These differentiated products address some of the greatest needs for innovation in animal health, including medicated feed ingredients, nutritional health and therapeutics for livestock and pet species, as well as biosecurity technology for animal disease monitoring. (Feed Additive, Apr. 22th).

🟢 Changes in the Management of BIOGENESIS BAGO: The veterinary doctor and Country Manager Marcelo Alejandro Bulman was announced as the new Director of Commercial Center & North LATAM of Biogenesis Bagó S.A. The executive, in addition to continuing to face Brazil, becomes responsible for the operations of Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia and Paraguay, the four two five largest animal health markets in Latin America. With more than 35 years of experience in the veterinary market, the Argentinean Marcelo Bulman led a work that allowed Biogenesis Bagó to reach 300 municipalities, which were active in 2018, when he assumed management of the company in the Country, and end 2021 in more than 3 thousand cities and a thousand points of sale between agricultural resales and cooperatives. (Linkedin, Apr. 21)

🟢 Hill's Pet Nutrition announced a relaunch of its Prescription Diet pet food line on Feb. 24. The relaunch will focus on new formulations, packaging redesigns and stronger veterinary outreach. The relaunch of Hill's Prescription Diet will begin in Europe before rolling out to the United States and the rest of the world in 2022. (Pet food processing, April)

🟢 On Line Demand for Pet Food keeps growing in the US. While recent data and analysis show pet ownership and pet food sales gains happened mainly among higher-income households during the pandemic, all indicators for continued pet food growth point up. During a presentation at Global Pet Expo on March 23, 2022, David Sprinkle, director of pet market research for Packaged Facts, said end-of-year projections for 2021 put U.S. pet food and treat sales at US$15 billion, a healthy 15% increase over 2020. (The 2021 data are not yet finalized.). (Pet Food, Apr. 7th).

🟢 JAPAN Ceva Sante Animale announced it has formed Ceva Bussan Animal Health KK, a joint venture with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. to accelerate expansion to Japan. Mitsui has been a shareholder of Ceva since 2020. (company press release)

🟢 MSD Saúde Animal Brazil announces a new manager: Marília Rangel will manage the developed area to contribute to the expansion of the company's innovation mindset, by strengthening connections with the market. A new senior manager of Government Relations, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance and Market Access. Marília Rangel, who was previously the manager of Institutional Relations and Access to Markets, will join the other areas to accompany the transformations that the company has been carrying out since 2019 in the direction of the transformation and evolution of the animal health sector. (DOB; Apr. 13th).

🟢 Vetoquinol Saúde Animal grows 22% in Brazil in 2021: Vetoquinol Saúde Animal, one of the 10 largest veterinary industries in the world, grew globally 21.9% in 2021, reaching revenues of €521 million, equivalent to about R$ 3 billion, being that 64% of the financial result refers to company animals and 36% to large animals. In Brazil, the company grew in similar proportion (21.7%), reaching an annual turnover of R$ 129.4 million – a record for a company in the country. (Journal Dia Dia, Apr. 14th).

🟢 Residue of medicine for the bovine meat chain on alert: JBS, MSD Saúde Animal and the Sindicato Nacional da Indústria de Produtos para Saúde Animal (Sindan) join forces to completely reduce the registries of residues of veterinary products in bovine meat; and all this work can only be resolved on the farm. The two major companies or the National Union of the Animal Health Products Industry (Sindan) are playing the Zero Residue program, which serves as awareness for you pecuarists from all over the country to respect or lack time two veterinary medicines before raising or cattle for or slaughter. (Giro do Boi, Apr. 20th).

🟢 Boehringer Ingelheim announced a $57 million expansion of its Animal Health Global Innovation center in Athens, Georgia. The investment will increase laboratory space and bring additional research and development capabilities and activities to the site. (Gov.georgia.gov).

🟢 Biogenesis Bago will aim to be one of the largest Veterinary Laboratories in the world by 2025: Biogenesis Bagó's strategic plan is to advance both in geographic diversification, as well as in animal species according to DV Martin Mascarenhas (Argentina Country Manager) . It is clear that Biogenesis Bagó advances in its position as a global company that seeks to accelerate its growth with investments in the country and in strong places such as Brazil, Asia and the Middle East. (Motivar.com.ar)

🟢 Merck Animal Health introduced two new tools to bring cattle health information to cattle producers’ fingertips. The Merck Animal Health Herd Health Manager guides producers and their veterinarians to build a customized herd health plan, and then encourages them to print out a record to share the information at marketing. The Merck Animal Health “Merck Feedlot Diseases Atlas” app shares comprehensive photos of diseases that impact feedlot cattle. (company press release).

🟢 Ouro Fino BRAZIL: As previously announced Ourofino Saúde Animal launched Neostem regenerative medicine therapy for canine osteoarthritis. Neostem was developed by stem cell specialist Regenera, which was acquired by Ourofino last year. (IHS Markit Connect).

🟢 Stakeholders of Brazilian and Canadian authorities and potential Canadian clients participated on April 21 in an event promoted by ABPA - Brazilian Association of Animal Protein and by ApexBrasil, which included the participation of the Brazilian Embassy in Canada, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply and the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporting Industries (ABIEC). On occasion, the president of ABPA, Ricardo Santin, and the director of markets, Luis Rua, addressed prospects for partnership between Brazil and Canada with the opening of the pig market, in addition to opportunities with traditional poultry exports. (ABPA; April 21)

🟢 Zoetis announced it has added artificial intelligence (AI) blood smear testing to its Vetscan Imaging platform. Veterinarians also have the option to submit a digital blood smear image for expert review by a clinical pathologist in its virtual lab, without rescanning the slide. (IHS Markit Connect).

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