Friday, April 23, 2010

AgriLabs and American Animal Health Sign Long-Term Pasteurella Agreement

AgriLabs CEO, Steve Schram, today announced the signing of a long-term contract with Dr. Jerry Payne, American Animal Health CEO, to market American Animal Health's high quality pasteurella vaccines.

Dr. Payne remarked, "AgriLabs is recognized as an industry leader in providing products and technical expertise for veterinarians and producers to most effectively manage their beef and dairy herds. We are proud that our products will continue to support AgriLabs core cattle vaccine capabilities."

AgriLabs recently acquired the exclusive sales, marketing and distribution rights for the Pulmo-Guard family of pasteurella cattle vaccines: one-dose Pulmo-Guard PHM-1, Pulmo-Guard PH-M and Express 5-PHM from Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.

"It is essential that we maintain the availability of these well regarded vaccines for veterinarians and the cattle industry," said Mr. Schram. "With ongoing uncertainties created by industry consolidations, veterinarians and producers should understand that AgriLabs will continue to supply them with the pasteurella products they rely on," he continued.

Dr. Payne added, "This collaboration represents a major commitment by AgriLabs and American Animal Health. Cattle producers and veterinarians who have come to rely on these products can be assured that AgriLabs will continue to provide them with these high quality pasteurella vaccines well into the future."

ABOUT AgriLabs: AgriLabs (www.agrilabs.com) is an industry leading animal health sales and marketing organization with distribution throughout the United States. The company's partnership structure and philosophy, together with a commitment to expeditious product development, provides a smooth, efficient system for manufacturers to transfer technology from research laboratories to the marketplace. Through technology transfer and cooperative development agreements, AgriLabs has introduced a number of state-of-the-art products to the beef and dairy industries. Wholly-owned subsidiaries include ProLabs, for distribution to companion animal veterinarians, and TradeWinds, for over-the-counter sales and distribution.

ABOUT American Animal Health: American Animal Health (AAH) was founded in 1983 by Dr. Jerry Payne and Hsi-tang (Nick) Tung. The company continues to be a leader in bovine bacterial research and manufactures and distributes a variety of biological products for animals, including vaccines for swine and cattle. Dr. Payne successfully developed the first freeze-dried avian encephalomyelitis vaccine to be licensed in the United States and, in 1998, was one of the original founders and later became president of the Association of Veterinary Biological Companies.

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