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Brakke Consulting’s
Animal Health News & Notes for November 26, 2025
Copyright © Brakke Consulting
Editor: Christine Merle DVM, MBA, CVPM
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IN THE NEWS:
Brakke Consulting News
Brakke Consulting Industry Overview – Registration is Live!
Earnings News
Central Garden & Pet
Grey Wolf Animal Health (CA)
J.M. Smucker
Petco
Company News
Allegro
American Regent
Ceva
Elanco
Mid America Pet Foods
PetVivo Holdings
RexVet
Scout
Vimian Group AB (Sweden)
Animal Health News
Canada
Tajikistan
United States
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Brakke Consulting
2026 Industry Overview
Presented at VMX:
Monday, January 19th, 2-4 pm
Florida Ballroom B-C
Presented at WVC:
Monday, February 16th , 2-4 pm
Four Seasons Ballroom 4
How did the top animal health companies perform in 2025? Did growth slow? What innovation in animal health can we expect and how will the animal health industry bring innovation to market? Answers to these questions and more will be covered at Brakke Consulting’s annual Industry Overview at the VMX and WVC conferences next year.
Key topics and presenters include:
- Industry and Top Global Company 2025 Performance, presented by Bob Jones
- Pet Care: Head Winds or Market Correction?, presented by John Volk
- Innovation in Animal Health: What in the world is it, presented by Chuck Johnson
- Where Innovation Meets Investment: What’s wrong and how to fix it, presented by Alexis Nahama
Also, again at both events, you’ll also hear directly from a panel of executive leaders in the animal health industry. Moderated by Paul Casady, this year’s VMX leadership panel features Jamie Brannan, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer for Zoetis. In his role, he is responsible for all Zoetis commercial operations across the globe. The discussion will be around Challenges and Opportunities in 2026 in animal health.
This information-packed 2-hour session will be especially valuable for executive leadership, sales and marketing, strategy, and finance managers and decision makers in the animal health industry.
Registration cost is $399 per person. Special group pricing for teams of five or more—pay for four participants, and the fifth is complimentary. To register a group of five or more, please email Amanda McDavid or call 336-396-3916 for assistance with registering.
Click here to register for VMX
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We look forward to seeing you there!
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Company Earnings News
- The fourth quarter and fiscal year 2025 results for Central Garden & Pet were released. While net sales of $3.1 billion reflected a 2% decrease versus fiscal year 2024, Net Income was $163 million versus $108 million. (central.com)
- M Smucker Co. announced second quarter fiscal 2026 results. Net sales were $2.3 billion an increase of 3% including divestitures and foreign currency exchange. The U.S Retail Pet Food segment saw net sales decrease by 7%, however, segment profit increased $3 million due to lower costs and higher net price realization. (company press release)
- Petco announced its third quarter 2025 results, net sales decreased 3.1% year over year to $1.5 billion but gross profit margin expanded to 38.9% as a percentage of net sales. (petco.com)
- CA- Grey Wolf Animal Health reported its third quarter 2025- and 9-month 2025 financial results, revenue increased by 33% to CA$26.8 million (US$19 million). Growth was driven by the Pharmacy and Animal Health businesses. (ca)
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Company News Releases
- The FDA has issued emergency use authorization for Elanco’s Credelio CAT to treat new world screwworm in cats. (elanco.com)
- A licensing deal for Allegro’s Synoglide, an injectable hydrogel for osteoarthritis, has been reached with American Regent. (yahoo.com)
- Mid America Pet Food has agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging its pet food products were contaminated with Salmonella. (com)
- Alireza Tajbakhsh has been named CEO of Vimian Group AB. (com)
- RexVet, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, announced a nationwide exapansion of its low-cost telehealth services to pet owners. Virtual Care plans start at just $10 per month. (newschannelnebraska.com)
- PetVivo Holding has launched PetVivo.ai, an AI platform that generated qualified leads and uses automated AI engagement to convert leads into customers. (com)
- Scout, a software that modernizes veterinary anesthesia and dental workflows, closed on a pre-seed funding round led by KCRise Fund. ( com)
- SG- Ceva plans to trial its avian flu vaccine among zoological birds in Singapore. (com)
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Animal Health News
- GLOBAL- HEALTHFORANIMALS- Dr. Armin Wiesler, a Managing Direct at Boehringer Ingelheim, was elected as the new president of HealthforAnimals, a global animal health industry association. (com)
- US- NEW WORLD SCREWWORM- The USDA has launched a website, gov, to serve as a centralized source of information. (usda.gov)
- US- EQUINE HERPESVIRUS OUTBREAK- Veterinarians are monitoring an outbreak that originated at a Professional Rodeo in Texas in Early November continues as more horse cases are confirmed. (org)
- US- EHV-1 WEBINAR- US Equestrian will host an EHV-1 and Biosecurity Webinar on December 1 at 3pm Eastern. (press release)
- US- FELINE VMA- The Feline Veterinary Medical Association has updated two positions statements on the Transportation of Cats in Motor Vehicles and Hybrid Cats. (association press release)
- US- NAVLE ANNIVERSARY- The 25th anniversary of the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE) is being celebrated but the International Council for Veterinary Assessment (ICVA). (newschannelnebraska.com)
- US- CLEMSON UNIVERSITY- A gift of $16.5 million from Don Quattlebaum to the Harvey S. Peeler Jr. College of Veterinary Medicine was announced. (clemson.edu)
- US- LATINXVMA- An independent NAVLE and ICVA audit has been called for by the LatinX Veterinary Medical Association. (com)
- CA- WORKFORCE CHALLENGES- The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association is urging federal and provincial governments to address critical challenges that the profession is facing including shortages of veterinary medications, workforce gap and mental health pressures. (com)
- TJ- GRANT- The Asian Development Bank approved $17 million in grants to modernize Tajikistans’ livestock sector. ( com)
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