Livestock

More than 45 percent of Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health business’s global revenue comes from our livestock business (poultry, ruminant, swine and Veterinary Public Health), driven by innovative parasiticides, vaccines and therapeutics, as well as our history of partnership with livestock producers, livestock veterinarians, government officials and NGOs.

We bring innovative health solutions to our customers to prevent disease in livestock. In doing so, we help livestock producers produce more high quality food using fewer natural resources.

We also strive to address some of the most pressing challenges facing our livestock customers, such as the need to cost-effectively produce more protein to feed the world's growing population. By 2050, the global population will reach 9.7 billion people, with a significant increase in the middle class, and substantial growth in emerging markets like Africa and Asia. As a result, the demand for animal protein is expected to increase by 70 percent. 

In response to a growing public health concern over antibiotic resistance and the need for food safety, we focus on developing solutions that prevent or reduce the need for antibiotics while at the same time improving the quality and safety of our food.

We are here to help our customers tackle these challenges with preventive care solutions. Furthermore, we are increasing our focus on non-traditional animal health offerings, such as point-of-care diagnostic technologies, live biotherapeutics, and digital solutions.

Veterinary Public Health 

Our Veterinary Public Health (VPH) Center partners with health authorities, governments and NGOs, and holds the industry's largest portfolio of vaccines against government-regulated diseases, such as rabies, bluetongue virus and foot-and-mouth-disease.

Modern trends of climate change and globalisation - with more and more cross-border movement of humans, livestock, and food products - have dramatically intensified the number of emerging and re-emerging animal diseases, their spread throughout the world and the risks associated with outbreaks. It is estimated that up to 20 per cent of global animal production is lost to disease.

Based on the quality of our vaccines, the technical support provided by our veterinarians, our biological expertise, and our responsiveness to urgent issues, Boehringer Ingelheim's Animal Health business is recognised as the market leader by governments over the world, as well as NGOs such as the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).