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Cosmos Health Enters $69 Billion Global Animal Health Industry with Veterinary C-Scrub Wash 4% Following Successful European Standard Testing Under EN 1656 and EN 1657
Source: GlobeNewswire Cosmos Health has announced its entry into the Animal Health market through the planned launch of a Veterinary formulation of C-Scrub Wash 4%, an antimicrobial wash that has already been established in the human healthcare sector. The product...
Large Animal Care Access Gap in US Persists
Source: VIN News Rural communities across the United States continue to face a significant shortage of large animal veterinarians, creating ongoing challenges for livestock producers and animal owners. Lower salaries, long work hours, geographic isolation, limited...
Clifford Chance acts on Japanese Animal Health JV Ceva Bussan
Source: Asia Business Law Journal Mitsui & Co. and French Veterinary pharmaceutical company Ceva Santé Animale have formed a new joint venture, Ceva Bussan Animal Health, to strengthen their presence and long-term growth in the Animal Health sector. As part of the...
Texas Animal Health Commission Adds Inspectors to Stop Screwworm Spread
Source: KRGV Texas officials are increasing efforts to prevent the spread of the New World screwworm, a dangerous flesh-eating parasite that has been detected in northern Mexico. The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) is hiring additional inspectors to monitor...
epiq Animal Health and Vetirus Animal Health Enter Agreement to Offer Regenerative Solution for Animals
Source: BusinessWire epiq Animal Health and Vetirus Animal Health have entered into a distribution and strategic partnership designed to expand access to regenerative medicine solutions for Veterinary professionals across the United States. Under the agreement, epiq...
Cats, Cannabinoids, and Regulatory Confusion
Source: Veterinary Practice News Cannabinoid use in cats remains controversial largely because of inconsistent regulations rather than safety concerns. Many veterinarians are reluctant to recommend or discuss cannabidiol (CBD) products due to fears of legal or...
Iowa State University and Freshpet Collaborate on At-Home Study of Dogs and Their Bonds with Owners
Source: Iowa State University Iowa State University and Freshpet have launched a 10-month at-home research study examining how dog diets may influence canine health and the human-animal bond. Led by Logan Kilburn, assistant professor in animal science at Iowa State,...
Pet Innovation Awards
Source: Pet Innovation Awards The Pet Innovation Awards recognizes the most innovative companies, products, and services shaping the rapidly growing pet care industry. The independent awards platform highlights leaders across categories including pet nutrition,...
The Price of Pet Parenting Has Gone Off Leash
Source: Bank of America Pet ownership remains common, but rising costs—particularly Veterinary expenses—are making pet parenting increasingly expensive, according to BofA Global Research. Adoption rates have slowed over the past year, especially for dogs, as...
Postbiotics May Calm Dogs Via the Gut-Brain Axis
Source: Pet Food Industry Research presented at Petfood Forum 2026 suggests postbiotics may help calm dogs indirectly by supporting gut health through the gut-brain axis. Erik Eckhardt, Ph.D., principal scientist for dsm-firmenich, discussed studies involving LB...
5 Pet Food Trends Leading Innovation Before Human
Source: Pet Food Industry Pet food innovation is increasingly leading human food trends, according to a keynote presentation by Kevin Ryan, PhD, at Petfood Forum 2026. Ryan identified five major trends shaping the future of pet nutrition: clean processing, health-span...
Ministers From Around the World Unite Behind Global Push to Invest in Animal Health as New WOAH Report Warns of Dangerous Funding Gap
Source: WOAH Ministers and senior government officials from around the world issued a landmark declaration at the 93rd General Session of the World Organisation for Animal Health, calling for urgent global investment in animal health systems amid rising pandemic...
Donald Prater Named FDA Acting Deputy Commissioner for Food
Source: Quality Assurance Magazine U.S. Food and Drug Administration has named Donald A. Prater as acting deputy commissioner for food, placing him in charge of the agency’s Human Foods Program and all FDA nutrition and food safety activities. Prater brings nearly 27...
Scientists Discover Deadly, Highly Venomous Box Jellyfish near Singapore’s ‘Island of Death Behind’
Source: Live Science Scientists have identified a new species of highly venomous box jellyfish near Singapore after analyzing specimens collected in 2020 and 2021. The species, named Chironex blakangmati, was named after Sentosa Island’s former Malay name, “Pulau...
Yellowstone Wolf Pup Numbers Fall to a New Low Since Reintroduction, with a Possible Link to Canine Distemper
Source: Discover Magazine A possible canine distemper outbreak may have contributed to the lowest Yellowstone wolf pup survival rates since gray wolves were reintroduced nearly 30 years ago. According to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s 2025 wolf monitoring...
Over Half of Deer Ticks in Marshfield Clinic Study Carry Lyme Disease Bacteria
Source: WSAW-TV New findings from the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute show that 51% of 700 adult female deer ticks tested in Wisconsin carried the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, a higher rate than researchers expected. The third year of the Tick Inventory via...
Same Industry, Different Business: The Commercial Realities of Companion Animal and Equine Health
Owners tend not to draw lines between the dogs, cats, or horses they love. The commercial worlds built around each of those species tend to draw them constantly. In many animal health organizations, companion animal and equine sit under the same commercial umbrella....
The Digital Health Revolution: Human Healthcare Today and Veterinary Healthcare
A very close friend, Chris, who is a very accomplished professional horseman, and his family came to our home for dinner this week. He could hardly wait to show us his WHOOP, a wearable device that monitors his health parameters, including heart health, sleep,...
The Echo Chamber of Veterinary Medicine
An echo chamber is an environment where only one type of view is represented and repeated. These opinions tend to dominate conversations, often reinforced by confirmation bias. During the first half of 2026, several familiar themes echoed within the Veterinary...
License Portability Progress in 2026
(Editor’s note: Loren Breen, Animal Policy Group’s Director of Government Relations, is co-author of this article.) America faces a chronic shortage of Veterinary professionals. Animal Policy Group is engaged in a number of policy initiatives to respond: advocating...
Financial Confidence Is Built on Two Repeatable Habits
Veterinarians often work hard for many years without feeling financially ahead. The schedule stays full and the income appears strong. From the outside, everything seems stable and successful. Inside, many still feel pressure, uncertainty, and frustration around...
Build and Buy, Part 2: What the Acquisition Process Actually Looks Like
In Part 1 of this series, I laid out why I am running an acquisition and a startup side-by-side, and why I think the build path and the buy path are two vehicles delivering the same operating model. This article goes inside the deal itself, end to end. Not the...
The Consumer Squeeze: Low Consumer Confidence, Petflation, and Survival Strategies
Many independent Veterinary practice owners are beginning to notice subtle but important shifts in client behavior. Schedules that were once consistently full now have occasional white space. Appointment bookings are happening later. Clients are asking more questions...
Vet Life At Home
I’ve spent years talking about the Animal Health industry and sharing the stories of Veterinary professionals on Vet Life Reimagined. We’ve discussed the joy and the challenges: communication, compassion fatigue, work-life harmony, career pathing, and the deep sense...
The Hidden Cost of Turnover in Veterinary Hospitals
While most new Veterinary graduates already have positions by this time of the year, many of last year’s new graduates are hitting their one-year mark leading to contract negotiations and fresh veterinarian talent hitting the job market. Whether it’s veterinarians,...