February 14, 2022

Sales of animal medicines in Europe increases last year

Total sales of animal medicines in Europe reached €7.4 billion (US$8.4 billion) in 2021, an increase of 8.82% from €6.8 billion (US$7.7 billion) in 2020, according to data from Animal Health Europe's latest annual report.

By product category, 32.6% of sales were vaccines, 28.7% were parasiticides, 11.9% were antimicrobials and 26.8% were categorised as "other". Vaccine sales declined slightly, but remain ahead of parasiticides, which saw slight growth in sales. Likewise, sales of antimicrobials continued their downward trend.

With respect to sales by species, livestock (cattle, swine and small ruminants) accounted for 29.7%. They were followed by poultry (10.9%), aquaculture (1.8%) and "other" (12.1%).

Animal Health Europe represents 12 major European animal drug manufacturers and 16 national associations in 19 countries. Its report accounts for about 100 million cattle, 100 million pigs, 400 million laying hens, 100 million sheep, 100 million domestic cats and 85 million dogs.

The number of veterinary professionals in Europe is estimated at just over 309,000.

- Pig333 / Animal Health Europe