Boehringer Ingelheim Acquires Fort Dodge Products

Cindy ZimmermanAnimal Health, Audio, Boehringer Ingelheim, Fort Dodge Animal Health, Pfizer

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. (BIVI) has closed a deal with Pfizer to acquire a significant portion of the Fort Dodge Animal Health business. The acquisition, which includes products in the U.S., Australia, Canada and South Africa, as well as two manufacturing and research facilities located in Fort Dodge, Iowa, significantly increases the size of Boehringer Ingelheim’s companion animal and cattle … Read More

Pfizer Adds Fort Dodge Products with Wyeth Aquisition

Cindy ZimmermanAnimal Health, Company Announcement, Fort Dodge Animal Health, Pfizer

A new Pfizer Animal Health was unveiled last week as Pfizer’s acquisition of Wyeth, including its subsidiary Fort Dodge Animal Health, was completed. The acquisition of many of Fort Dodge’s U.S. products allows Pfizer Animal Health to greatly diversify its U.S. portfolio, as well as broaden its offering in all animal health segments. Pfizer Animal Health now offers an enhanced … Read More

Fort Dodge Dairy Producer Short Course

Chuck ZimmermanAgribusiness, Animal Health, Fort Dodge Animal Health

Here is our next installment in a series of online Dairy Producer Short Courses from our sponsor, Fort Dodge Animal Health. Our topic this week is BVD VACCINE: “PRIMING” IMMUNE RESPONSE. Fort Dodge Animal Health’s Mark van der List, DVM, technical services consultant, explains some of the current research suggesting you can get a better vaccine response by leading a … Read More

Ag Secretary Listens to California Dairy Farmers

Cindy ZimmermanFort Dodge Animal Health, General, Industry News, Milking Parlor, Price, usda

In the largest dairy producing area of the top dairy state, it was no surprise that dairy was the number one topic addressed during a visit by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to Modesto, California last week on his Rural Tour. Vilsack was joined at the event by California Congressman Dennis Cardoza, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan and California Secretary … Read More

Fort Dodge Dairy Producer Short Course

Chuck ZimmermanAgribusiness, Disease, Fort Dodge Animal Health

Here is our next installment in a series of online Dairy Producer Short Courses from our sponsor, Fort Dodge Animal Health. Our topic this week is BVD: AVOIDING PERSISTENT INFECTION. Never had a PI in your dairy? Good to hear, says Mark van der List, DVM, Fort Dodge Animal Health senior veterinary consultant. You’ve probably never had a house fi … Read More

Milking Parlor Podcast on Dairy Issues

Cindy ZimmermanAudio, Fort Dodge Animal Health, General, Industry News, Milking Parlor, Podcast, Policy, Price, The Milking Parlor, usda

This edition of the Milking Parlor podcast focuses on what is being done on the national level to address the current dairy industry crisis. From congressional actions to USDA to the dairy industry itself, we hear from Congressman John Boccieri, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, University of Wisconsin Ag Economist Dr. Bruce Jones and National Milk Producers Federation … Read More

Fort Dodge Dairy Producer Short Course

Chuck ZimmermanAnimal Health, Disease, Fort Dodge Animal Health

You can find a series of Dairy Producer Short Courses from our sponsor, Fort Dodge Animal Health, online. I’m going to feature some summaries of them here for you. In this first one the topic is BRSV (Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus) which Fort Dodge calls the “stealth disease” of dairies. BRSV typically hits young calves hardest. Its microscopic lung lesions … Read More

Dairy Cattle Vaccine Now Available

Chuck ZimmermanAgribusiness, Animal Health, Fort Dodge Animal Health

Our latest sponsor here on World Dairy Diary, Ft. Dodge Animal Health, has announced that it has inventory of its PYRAMID® 10 vaccine. This is the one that will help producers protect their cattle from major bovine diseases. PYRAMID 10 is a highly effective, single-dose vaccine that provides protection against 10 respiratory and reproductive bovine diseases, including infectious bovine rhinotracheitis … Read More

More About Ft. Dodge Animal Health

Chuck ZimmermanAgribusiness, Fort Dodge Animal Health

Last week we introduced you to our newest sponsor, Ft. Dodge Animal Health. Besides Pyramid 10 they’ve got a whole range of other products that they are very well known for so I’m listing some links to more information about their dairy products below. In coming weeks we hope to provide interviews with Ft. Dodge Animal Health vets and others … Read More