Did You Know?

• Merial’s heritage includes the first industrial scale production of any animal health vaccine – foot-and-mouth disease in 1952.
• The same active ingredient – ivermectin – in Merial’s IVOMEC® (ivermectin) product range for farm animals is also used to treat river blindness in humans.

Dogs and Cats

• Merial produces FRONTLINE®, the Number 1 flea and tick product for dogs and cats in the world.
• Merial has the first highly selective coxib nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) developed specifically for dogs.
• All PUREVAX® feline vaccines are non-adjuvanted.

Avian

• More than 1 billion doses of Merial vaccines to combat avian influenza have been dispensed in countries such as Mexico and Vietnam.

Swine

• Merial helped to uncover the agent that devastated swine litters in the 1990’s and developed the first PCV2 vaccine as a result.

Livestock

• Merial developed the first cattle endectocide pour-on that is highly effective against internal and external parasites with zero milk withdrawal.

Equine

• Merial has the only FDA-approved treatment for equine gastric ulcers.

Veterinary Public Health

• Merial maintains antigen vaccine banks to help governments around the world respond rapidly to outbreaks of diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease.
• Merial received a breakthrough conditional license for our Bluetongue vaccine (BTVPUR AlSap™), developed in only 18 months.