Aquamedicine Slideshow

VCA Antech’s Same-Store Revenue Dips 1.6%

VCA Antech Inc.’s animal hospital division recently reported revenue of $246.7 million for its first quarter ended March 31, an increase of 3.5 percent from the year-ago period of $238.4 million. Same-store revenue declined by 1.6 percent. The Los...

Why Heartworm Preventive Sales Should Not Go Over The Counter

The current monthly oral and topical heartworm preventives, as well as ProHeart6, the injectable six-month formulation for dogs, are all members of the same pharmaceutical class: the macrocyclic lactones. These are compounds or chemical derivatives of compounds produced by...

Webster Veterinary Severs Relationship With Bayer Animal Health

Webster Veterinary, a national distributor of veterinary products and pharmaceuticals, reported April 23 that it has discontinued its relationship with Bayer Animal Health of Shawnee, Kan., and will no longer represent Bayer’s companion animal health product line. The move...

Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health Opens Vaccine Manufacturing Facility

Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health on April 22 celebrated the opening of its new vaccine manufacturing facility at Biosciences Center Boxmeer in The Netherlands. Chris Buijink, secretary general of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, performed the official opening. The animal...