Who owns Avatec?
Avatec is owned by Phibro (the United States, NASDAQ: PAHC), which has owned the brand since 31 October 2024.[1]
Evidence: Phibro Animal Health Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-26, SEC EDGAR, 26 August 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Phibro Animal Health Corporation verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Teaneck
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Animal feed › Livestock & poultry feed
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: PAHC
- Trademark registrant
- Phibro Animal Health Corporation (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Avatec
Avatec is a lasalocid anticoccidial for poultry, listed in Phibro's 10-K among the medicated feed additive products acquired from Zoetis on 31 October 2024. The cattle version of the same active ingredient, Bovatec, came in the same acquisition, which Phibro describes as bringing six manufacturing sites with it.
What Phibro's annual report says about Avatec
Sentences about Avatec from Phibro's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
We produce and market lasalocid under two trademarks: Avatec for poultry and Bovatec for cattle.
Similarly, a BSA for Avatec for turkeys and gamebirds was published in 2010 and 2011, respectively.
How often Phibro names Avatec in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Trademark record for Avatec
The USPTO record for the Avatec mark lists Phibro Animal Health Corporation as the owner of record (serial number 73002690). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Avatec
Where Avatec sits in Phibro
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Phibro
Phibro controls 14 brands on Brandtree, 14 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
Other brands in livestock & poultry feed, and who owns them
Phibro has more brands in livestock & poultry feed on Brandtree than any other owner: 13 of 28.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| CirQlar | ForFarmers | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Bovaer | Elanco | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bábolna Takarmány | Bonafarm | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
| Hi-Pro | Jamaica Broilers | 🇯🇲 Jamaica |
| Producer's Pride | Tractor Supply | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ForFarmers | ForFarmers | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| ForFarmers team agrar | ForFarmers | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Pavo | ForFarmers | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
About the owner: Phibro
Phibro is a publicly listed company headquartered in Teaneck, United States. Brandtree records 14 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: PAHC.
Phibro Animal Health is a Teaneck, New Jersey company whose Animal Health segment sells medicated feed additives, nutritional specialties and vaccines for poultry, swine and cattle, alongside Mineral Nutrition and Performance Products segments. On 31 October 2024 it acquired a portfolio of medicated feed additives from Zoetis, including Aureomycin, Bovatec, Avatec and Deccox, so those brands are now Phibro's, not Zoetis's. Its 10-K for the year to 30 June 2026 reports about 1,465 product registrations worldwide.
🇺🇸 Avatec and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Avatec is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Avatec?
The parent company of Avatec is Phibro, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Avatec owned by Zoetis?
No. Avatec is owned by Phibro, not Zoetis.
Is Avatec American?
Yes. Avatec originated in the United States and its owner, Phibro, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Phibro owned Avatec?
Phibro has owned Avatec since 31 October 2024.
Is Avatec still owned by Phibro?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Avatec is still owned by Phibro. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Phibro Animal Health Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-26 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 26 August 2026; retrieved 2 October 2026.
- [2] USPTO: AVATEC, serial 73002690 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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