With health care for pets and animals being one of the major concern for most pet owners and professionals, there are a wide range of pharmaceutical companies coming up with some many life saving vaccinations and antibiotics, drugs and other medicines. Animal health products is one of the major industries today, with companies investing not only to improve the health of the animal, but to also improve the productivity of animals. While vaccination are an important part of animal health products, there are also a wide range of therapeutic medicines as well. Fleas, internal parasites, heart problems, skin infections, renal and allergic diseases, being only some of the diseases which are common among animals. But most of these health problems can be avoided with complete and periodical veterinary check ups.
Some of the common diseases and therapies that animal health products can help to fight are Mastitis, Bovine endoparasites and ectoparasites, Canine Parvovirus, Feline Leukemia, Equine Strangles, Bovine bacterial pneumonia, Leptospirosis and Viremia, among others.
| While many companies have manufactured therapies and vaccinations for these diseases, your veterinary knows best what is ideal for your pet animal. Antibiotic treatment however has come under considerable debate among animal health professionals and the alleged impact of antibiotics on the environment. It has been debated that most of the antibiotics have an adverse impact on the general health of human beings. |
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Today, the industry works closely with owners of animals, food producers and government officials, in order to develop safe antibiotics for animals. Some of the popular manufacturers of animal health products include Pfizer, Wyeth, Novartis, Eurotech Nutrition and nana Vet Products, among others. Some of the popular products developed by Novartis include Milbemax, Panolog, Atopica, Interceptor, Prac-Tic, Sentinel, Soforen, Econor, Coxabic, Neporex, Spy and Lanirat, among others.
While most of the animal health products are oral supplements, others are injected into animals for a fast recovery. Thus, while Milbemax is used to deal with worms in both dogs and cats, Panolog is an ointment to treat otitis in cats and dogs. Thus, there are different forms of animal health products, with the broad categories being large animal parasiticides, anti-infectives, Vaccines, vector control, pet parasiticides and other pet specialties. For most of the food producers, thus, these health products are more than an investment. These medicines and drugs have today become an important part of animal health care and treatment. Probably why, there is enough research and development work going on in this sector.
Know more about the other dimensions of animal health care at Animal Health.
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