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Brakke Consulting’s
Animal Health News & Notes for March 20, 2026
Copyright © Brakke Consulting
Editor: Christine Merle DVM, MBA, CVPM
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IN THE NEWS:
Earning News
General Mills
Virbac
Zomedica
Company News
Boehringer Ingelheim (Equine)
Boehringer Ingelheim (Global)
BondVet
Cencora
Ceva
Freshpet
GEA Farm Technologies
General Mills
Go Raw dba Steve’s Real Food
Greenies
Journey Actuating Technologies
Merck Animal Health
Onlinepethealth
Paw Prosper
ProImmune
Royal Canin
RxActuator
The Farmer’s Dog
Zoetis
Zomedica
Animal Health News
United States
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Company Earnings Releases
- General Millsreleased its third quarter 2026 and nine-month 2026 results and reaffirmed its full year 2026 outlook. The North American Pet Segment reported Organic Net Sales Growth of 6% to $1.9B. (company press release)
- Virbac announced organic revenue growth of 7.9% for its fiscal year 2025 at a constant exchange rates and scope. Consolidated net income increased by 3.2% to €150.5m (US$173.58M) (company press release)
- Zomedica reported $32M in full year 2025 revenue, a 17% growth year over year. They surpassed $10M in revenue for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2025. (company press release)
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Company News Releases
- A strategic collaboration integrating Zomedica’s TRUFORMA system into Boehringer Ingelheim’s idPPID program will enable point of care endocrine testing for equine veterinarians. (company press release)
- Merck Animal Health’s BRAVECTO QUANTUM has received an expanded label approval from the FDA adding treatment and control of both the Asian longhorned tick (H. longicornis) and Gulf Coast tick ( maculatum) for 12 months. (company press release)
- Zoetis’s received ISO 9001 certification for its Durham, North Carolina manufacturing site. (com)
- Cencora announced the retirement of its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, James (Jim) F. Cleary effective June 30, 2026. Jim Cleary has been CFO since November 2018, joining Cencora in February 2015 with the acquisition of MWI Veterinary Supply for which he had served as CEO. (company press release)
- Royal Caninrenewed its partnership with University of Tennessee Veterinary Obesity Center. (company press release)
- Ceva Animal Healthhosted a meeting commemorating a century of scientific progress since the discovery of Newcastle Disease. (com)
- Greenieshas partnered with the University of Connecticut’s athletic program to promote oral health awareness through a campaign occurring during the NCAA tournament season. (com)
- In a challenge brought forth by The Farmer’s Dog, the Better Business Bureau National Programs’ National Advertising Division recommended that Freshpet discontinue marketing claims that imply that it is “human grade”.
- Freshpet has stated it will comply with the recommendations. (org)
- BondVet, a veterinary care company with 50 clinics, announced that it has surpassed 1 million pet visits and has provided care to more than 440,000 pets since its founding. (yahoo.com)
- Paw Prosperhas acquired Onlinepethealth, an education platform and community specific to veterinary rehabilitation. (com)
- The formation of Journey Actuating Technologies was announced by Journey Legacy Partnersafter the acquisition of the assets and intellectual property of RxActuator, a validated, commercial stage platform to provide at home infusions to pets. (com)
- GEA Farm Technologiesopened a new software lab in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (com)
- A collaboration between the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute and ProImmune, an immunological reagent and service company, will work to validate, species-specific Ankyron binders to develop strategies for diagnosis, prevention and control of veterinary and zoonotic diseases. (com)
- An FDA advisory recommended the recall of eight product lots of Quest Cat Food from Go Raw dba Steve’s Real Fooddue to extremely low levels of Thiamine (Vitamin B1). (gov)
- General Millsannounced that it will sell its business in Brazil allowing its international segment to focus on its priority global platforms which include pet food. (company press release)
- GLOBAL- A new campaign featuring the results of a global survey on parasites will be launched by Boehringer Ingelheim on World Parasite Awareness Day. (company press release)
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ANIMAL HEALTH NEWS
- US- PRECISION LIVESTOCK FARMING (PLF)- A presentation at the American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting, featured a presentation on emerging PLF technologies that could transform and modernize swine operations. (com)
- US- CLONING ASSESSMENT- Researcher at the University of California-Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory have validated a scientific approach to qualify or exclude parentage if one is a clone versus the original horse. The research was funded by the American Quarter Horse Association. (com)
- US- ACCESS TO CARE- A $348K grant from the Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation will allow for a 1-year pilot program, Duffield Pet Wellness Days, to be offered through the BISSEL Pet Foundation. (com)
- US- CLEMSON UNIVERSITY- The Darla Moore Foundation established scholarships to provide full financial support for six students from eight rural South Carolina counties at the new Harvey S. Peeler Jr. College of Veterinary Medicine. (clemson.edu)
- US- INDIANA- The State of Indiana announced a $1B in tax credits for plant, animal and human health companies with the goal to create 100,000 new jobs in 10 years in the life sciences. (com)
- US- WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY- Due to public pressure and threats WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine have ended an elective veterinary surgery lab. (com)
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BRAKKE CONSULTING VIEWPOINT
At the risk of AI overload, an article in the Wall Street Journal last week caught my attention. Here is how the article leads off, “One of the great hopes for artificial intelligence—at least, among workers—is that it will ease workloads, freeing people up for more high-level, creative pursuits. So far, the opposite is happening, new data show.”
It turns out that in the study the WSJ refers to, there were efficiency benefits due to the use of AI, however the capacity it frees up gets repurposed into activities like email, messages, chat apps, and business-related software. It does not go to focused, uninterrupted work, such as figuring out complex problems, creating and strategizing. And it does not go to having more free time – in fact, the study showed that people worked at faster paces, took on broader tasks and ended up working longer hours. The authors cautioned that this could lead to cognitive overload and burnout.
The study indicated that while 80% of employees use AI tools at work now, most employees spend only 1% of their total work hours using it. About 3% of workers used AI tools, 7% to 10% of the time, and these workers show the greatest increases in productivity. These early adopters will eventually help companies figure out how best to use AI tools – just ask them before they burnout.
Bob Jones
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YOUR VIEW
Last week we asked you about the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament and your bracket-completion strategy. About 40% of respondents don’t follow the March Madness tournament, while 30% seemed to just pick the likely winners. Over 17% of respondents focused on potential upsets, 5% said they were contrarians and picked against the favorites, and 5% said they used AI. Wonder if AI picks likely upsets…maybe a lucky reader will let me know.
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