Who owns Rumensin?
Rumensin is owned by Elanco (the United States, NYSE: ELAN).[1]
Evidence: Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24, SEC EDGAR, 24 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Elanco Animal Health Incorporated verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Indianapolis
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Animal feed › Livestock & poultry feed
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: ELAN
- Trademark registrant
- ELANCO US INC. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Rumensin
Rumensin is a feed additive for cattle that Elanco says improves feed and milk production efficiency and increases rate of weight gain in cows, and also prevents and controls coccidiosis. The 10-K describes it as an animal-only antibiotic and an ionophore, and notes it has no patent protection.
What Elanco's annual report says about Rumensin
Sentences about Rumensin from Elanco's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Cattle, Swine Rumensin Improves feed and milk production efficiency and increases rate of weight gain in cows.
How often Elanco names Rumensin 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 Rumensin
The USPTO record for the Rumensin mark lists ELANCO US INC. as the owner of record (serial number 72460789). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Rumensin
Where Rumensin sits in Elanco
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Elanco
Elanco controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 15 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
Other brands in livestock & poultry feed, and who owns them
The 28 brands in livestock & poultry feed on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is Phibro, with 13; Elanco has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Aureomycin | Phibro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| CirQlar | ForFarmers | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Bábolna Takarmány | Bonafarm | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
| Hi-Pro | Jamaica Broilers | 🇯🇲 Jamaica |
| Producer's Pride | Tractor Supply | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Avatec | Phibro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aviax | Phibro | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bloat Guard | Phibro | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Elanco
Elanco is a publicly listed company headquartered in Indianapolis, United States, founded in 1954. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: ELAN.
Elanco Animal Health is an Indianapolis animal health company with pet health and farm animal businesses. Its 10-K says it has a heritage dating to 1954 as a business unit of Eli Lilly and Company, was incorporated independently in September 2018 and separated in March 2019, and in August 2020 acquired Bayer Animal Health, which it calls the largest acquisition in industry history. It sells flea and tick, dermatology and pain products for pets and feed additives, vaccines and antibiotics for livestock.
🇺🇸 Rumensin 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; Rumensin is not one of them.
- 4health — Tractor Supply 🇺🇸
- American Journey — Chewy 🇺🇸
- Apoquel — Zoetis 🇺🇸
- Aqueon — Central Garden & Pet 🇺🇸
- Aureomycin — Phibro 🇺🇸
- BARK — BARK 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Rumensin?
The parent company of Rumensin is Elanco, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Rumensin American?
Yes. Rumensin originated in the United States and its owner, Elanco, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Rumensin still owned by Elanco?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Rumensin is still owned by Elanco. 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] Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 24 February 2026; retrieved 2 October 2026.
- [2] USPTO: RUMENSIN, serial 72460789 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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