Sarena Lin, who, up to recently, oversaw Cargill's global animal feed and nutrition business, has moved to Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company.
Crop innovation rather than animal health and nutrition is attracting the AgTech money, says TechAccel. However, it noted some of the leading animal health and nutrition opportunities for venture capital firms to direct some of their money towards.
Elanco Animal Health shifts dairy portfolio work to cover microbiome-based products, ways to protect or support animal health and a focus on addressing disease challenges.
Boosting animal health, management, nutrition and genetics are factors in reducing the need to use antibiotics in animal production, say industry leaders.
Feed makers must focus on preventative health as part of a global and collaborative effort in tackling the rise of antimicrobial resistance, say experts.
A European Parliament committee yesterday voted to ban collective and preventive antibiotic treatment of animals, while also backing measures to encourage research into new medicines.
Natural additives firm, Nor-Feed Sud, has instigated what it hopes will be an annual award to recognize PhD research exploring the efficacy of plant products for enhancing animal health.
More insight into the efficiency and mode of action of biotic substances, plant extracts, and bacteriophage therapy is needed in order to find alternatives to in-feed antibiotics, concludes an EU focus group (FG) looking at how to minimize the use of...
New Jersey based veterinary product supplier, Pharmgate, says its acquisition of Pennfield Animal Health, a producer of medicated in-feed and water soluble additives to tackle enteric diseases in livestock and poultry, is ‘transformative’.
Antibiotic alternatives such as pro and prebiotics and other gut health boosting feed components are to be welcomed as long as they don’t simply shore up intensive farming practices, says a leading farm animal welfare organization.
Joint ventures and license deals are the key to growth for US trace mineral and medicinal feed additive firm, Phibro Animal Health, says an analyst evaluating prospects for the group after its IPO mid-April.
Elanco said its purchase of the Novartis animal health division will boost its cattle vaccines portfolio, and expand its presence in China and emerging markets.
