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&lt;/script&gt;</html><description>**************************************************************** Brakke Consulting&rsquo;s Animal Health News &amp; Notes for October 8, 1999 &#xF0FC;&nbsp;DuPont announced the completion of the stock and cash merger with Pioneer Hi-Bred International, in which DuPont acquired the 80 percent of Pioneer not currently owned by DuPont.&nbsp; The value of the transaction is estimated to be approximately $7.7 billion. &#xF0FC;&nbsp;The H.J. Heinz Company announced that it is combining all of its U.S. grocery and foodservice businesses into a Pittsburgh campus to create a $5 billion North American powerhouse of brands and businesses.&nbsp; As a result, Heinz will relocate Star-Kist Foods, Inc. and its StarKist Seafood and Heinz Pet Products headquarters operations to Pittsburgh.&nbsp; In an important related development, Heinz announced that it will combine the sales forces of Heinz U.S.A., StarKist Seafood, Heinz Pet Products and Heinz Frozen Food into a single U.S. sales company. &#xF0FC;&nbsp;American Home Products Corporation announced a restructuring of its Cyanamid Agricultural Products business to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of this business unit in light of current conditions in the global farm economy. The actions being taken include approximately 700 position eliminations and certain facility closings worldwide. &#xF0FC;&nbsp;According to NextCard, Petopia.com is the fastest-growing electronic commerce business on the Web.&nbsp; Petopia.com&rsquo;s transaction volume increased by 170% in September, NextCard&rsquo;s eCommerce Index reported. Petopia.com was the only online pet retailer in the topView Full Post;</description></oembed>
