Merck Animal Health

Vence is a technology company that provides a hardware and software solution for livestock management, focusing on virtual fencing and autonomous animal control. Their platform employs sensors and GPS technology to enable farmers to remotely manage the movement and grazing of cattle through a smartphone application. This innovative approach not only enhances the utilization of available grazing resources but also significantly reduces costs associated with traditional fencing, such as hardware, maintenance, and labor. Additionally, Vence's system offers valuable insights into animal behavior, health, and fertility, ultimately helping livestock breeders optimize their operations and increase protein yield.

TARGAN is a bio-systems company focused on improving animal health and productivity in the poultry, livestock, and aquaculture industries. It develops AI- and ML-powered platforms to improve management decisions, including detecting the sex of chicks at the hatchery to enable gender-specific feeding strategies and optimizing farm performance. It is also developing vaccination solutions that detect, target, and deliver vaccines to individual chicks, enhancing vaccination accuracy, immune response, and flock health. Through these technologies, TARGAN aims to advance animal welfare, reduce disease risk, and support more efficient production across animal farming sectors.

Vence is a technology company that provides a hardware and software solution for livestock management, focusing on virtual fencing and autonomous animal control. Their platform employs sensors and GPS technology to enable farmers to remotely manage the movement and grazing of cattle through a smartphone application. This innovative approach not only enhances the utilization of available grazing resources but also significantly reduces costs associated with traditional fencing, such as hardware, maintenance, and labor. Additionally, Vence's system offers valuable insights into animal behavior, health, and fertility, ultimately helping livestock breeders optimize their operations and increase protein yield.

TARGAN is a bio-systems company focused on improving animal health and productivity in the poultry, livestock, and aquaculture industries. It develops AI- and ML-powered platforms to improve management decisions, including detecting the sex of chicks at the hatchery to enable gender-specific feeding strategies and optimizing farm performance. It is also developing vaccination solutions that detect, target, and deliver vaccines to individual chicks, enhancing vaccination accuracy, immune response, and flock health. Through these technologies, TARGAN aims to advance animal welfare, reduce disease risk, and support more efficient production across animal farming sectors.

SomaDetect Inc. is an agricultural technology company based in Fredericton, Canada, founded in 2016. The company specializes in providing dairy farmers with real-time analytics of milk components through advanced sensor technology. SomaDetect's innovative system measures critical indicators such as fat content and somatic cell counts in raw milk during each milking session. By offering automated and chemical-free analysis, the company empowers farmers to identify potential issues early, manage herd health effectively, reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, and ensure high-quality milk is delivered to bulk supplies. With a focus on leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence, SomaDetect aims to enhance decision-making for dairy farmers, ultimately improving the quality of milk production.

Poultry Sense provides farmers with proven hardware and software technology solutions capable of capturing real-time data to increase transparency and accurately inform on-farm decision making. Poultry Sense’s unique data-driven offer uses wireless sensors to monitor environmental and health parameters paired with veterinary insight and analysis to identify areas of improvement in order to drive broiler bird performance and productivity.

Quantified Ag is a technology company that offers cloud-based sensors and a data platform for the cattle industry. The company's technology helps dramatically reduce costs by lowering re-treatment rate and death loss and getting animals back to peak performance faster. It provides state of the art sensors and software subscription to livestock producers throughout the concentrated feeding industries. Quantified Ag was founded in June 2014 and is based in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.

TARGAN is a bio-systems company focused on improving animal health and productivity in the poultry, livestock, and aquaculture industries. It develops AI- and ML-powered platforms to improve management decisions, including detecting the sex of chicks at the hatchery to enable gender-specific feeding strategies and optimizing farm performance. It is also developing vaccination solutions that detect, target, and deliver vaccines to individual chicks, enhancing vaccination accuracy, immune response, and flock health. Through these technologies, TARGAN aims to advance animal welfare, reduce disease risk, and support more efficient production across animal farming sectors.

Quantified Ag is a technology company that offers cloud-based sensors and a data platform for the cattle industry. The company's technology helps dramatically reduce costs by lowering re-treatment rate and death loss and getting animals back to peak performance faster. It provides state of the art sensors and software subscription to livestock producers throughout the concentrated feeding industries. Quantified Ag was founded in June 2014 and is based in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.

Prondil S.A., established in 1992 and based in Montevideo, Uruguay, specializes in the development and manufacturing of animal health vaccines for livestock. The company's portfolio includes antigens and vaccines designed to protect various animals like cattle, sheep, horses, goats, and others from serious diseases such as gas gangrene, enterotoxaemia, blackleg, infectious necrotic hepatitis, among others. Prondil provides technical assistance to veterinarians, technicians, and livestock producers using its products. As of December 2017, the company operates as a subsidiary of Merck Animal Health.

Vallée S.A. is a Brazilian company specializing in the manufacture and distribution of vaccines, therapeutics, and supplements for veterinary use. Its product offerings cater to a variety of animals, including cattle, horses, swine, goats, sheep, and birds. Founded in 1961 and based in Montes Claros, Vallée S.A. originally operated under the name Vallée Nordeste S.A. before rebranding in 1990. The company has established itself as a key player in the animal health sector, serving both the domestic market and international clients. As of March 2017, Vallée S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Merck Sharp & Dohme Saude Animal Ltda.

Abmaxis, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery, optimization, and development of monoclonal antibody (MAb) products for human therapeutics and diagnostics. It operates in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and life science industries, providing drug discovery services to clients and collaborating with global biotech and pharmaceutical partners to build internal product pipelines.