Phibro Animal Health is an American animal health and mineral nutrition company. Its products include antibacterials, anticoccidials,

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s, as well as animal nutrition and

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. The company operates through three segments Mineral Nutrition, Performance Materials, and Animal Health, from which most of its revenue is derived. The company operates in the United States,

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, Canada, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and

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. It is incorporated in

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History

The company was founded in 1946 as Phillip Brothers Chemicals, Inc.History
Phibro Animal Health. Accessed October 18, 2021 In 1974, it acquired Koffolk, an animal nutrition company based in Israel. In 2000,

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sold its medicated feed additives business to Phibro Animal Health In 2003, the company changed its name from Phillip Brothers Chemicals to Phibro Animal Health. In 2009, the company acquired Baltzell US mineral nutrition business and ABIC Laboratories, a vaccine maker from Israel. In 2014, Phibro Animal Health held an initial public offering and became listed on the

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. In 2018, the company established a biotech facility in

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producing animal health vaccines. It became the company's first manufacturing plant in Europe.

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