Who owns Mecadox?
Mecadox is owned by Phibro (the United States, NASDAQ: PAHC).[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
- 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 Mecadox
Mecadox is a carbadox antibacterial medicated feed additive for swine, listed in Phibro's 10-K among the products it owns in the Animal Health segment. It sits in the MFAs and other category with Stafac, Terramycin and Phibro's anticoccidials such as Nicarb and Aviax.
What Phibro's annual report says about Mecadox
Sentences about Mecadox from Phibro's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
We market carbadox under the brand name Mecadox for use in swine feeds to control swine salmonellosis and swine dysentery and, as a result, improve animal health and production efficiencies.
Mecadox is sold primarily in the United States to feed companies and large integrated swine producers.
In April 2016, the FDA began initial steps to withdraw approval of carbadox (the active ingredient in our Mecadox product) via a regulatory process known as a Notice of Opportunity for Hearing ("NOOH"), due to concerns that certain residues from the product may persist in animal tissues for longer than previously determined.
How often Phibro names Mecadox 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 Mecadox
The USPTO record for the Mecadox mark lists Phibro Animal Health Corporation as the owner of record (serial number 73089886). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Mecadox
Where Mecadox 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.
🇺🇸 Mecadox 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; Mecadox is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Mecadox?
The parent company of Mecadox is Phibro, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Mecadox American?
Yes. Mecadox originated in the United States and its owner, Phibro, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Mecadox still owned by Phibro?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Mecadox 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: MECADOX, serial 73089886 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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