agro-vet gmbh muehlhausen

What agro-vet gmbh muehlhausen does

Agro-Vet GmbH Mühlhausen is a professional livestock veterinary practice specializing in pig health management, operating as a subsidiary of the LH Vet Group. The company runs three regional entities in Germany — Agro-Vet Mitte (Mühlhausen, Thuringia), Agro-Vet Nord (Seddiner See, Brandenburg, formerly TPB Blumberg), and Agro-Vet West (Straelen, North Rhine-Westphalia, formerly Lintjeshof Tierarztpraxis) — providing national coverage with a centralized organizational and purchasing structure. Across the broader LH Vet Group network, which also includes Lintjeshof in the Netherlands and Merefelt Livestock Diagnostics, the group supervises approximately 350,000 sows in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany, including 50,000 SPF (Specific Pathogen Free) sows. The group has more than 40 years of experience in swine farming in Germany and abroad.

The company delivers a 'Farm Health Solutions' concept that combines on-site veterinary services, an in-house pharmacy compliant with QS/ISO/IKB standards, diagnostic laboratory work, and a proprietary surveillance/early-warning monitoring system (Frühwarnsystem). Field veterinarians conduct farm-level health management, diagnostics, and risk-based consulting. Diagnostic capabilities include PCR testing and serological testing packages (in partnership with Merefelt Livestock Diagnostics), modern necropsy facilities, and a tracking-and-tracing system that records medication batches per farm (UBN) to support transparent food production chains. Academic ties to four European universities (Giessen, Leipzig, Ghent, Utrecht) and European Pig Producers support research and knowledge exchange.

Revenue is generated through four streams: recurring veterinary services (subscription/recurring model), transactional pharmacy/medicine sales, diagnostic services (professional services), and independent consulting (professional services). Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Customers are enterprise pig farms in Germany and the broader LH Vet network — including both SPF and conventional operations — served via enterprise field sales across three Western European countries. Marketing is event-driven, including Tierärztetreffen veterinarian meetings, EuroTier participation, and co-organized industry events with pharma and genetics partners.

Name

agro-vet gmbh muehlhausen

Legal name

Agro-Vet Mitte GmbH

Website

https://agro-vet.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Agro-Vet GmbH Mühlhausen is a German pig-farming veterinary practice and subsidiary of LH Vet Group, operating three regional offices that provide on-site health management, diagnostics, pharmacy, and surveillance services to enterprise pig farms in Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Livestock Veterinary Services

NAICS

Veterinary Services (54194), Veterinary Services (541940)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Routine On-Farm Veterinary Services (Exams, Treatment, Prescribing) (AFACADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Biosecurity, Disease Control & Outbreak Response (Quarantine, Zoonoses) (AFACADAH), Pharmacy, Biologics & Veterinary Supply Dispensing (Farm Animal) (AFACADAM), Regulatory, Certification & Compliance Veterinary Services (Health Papers, QA Programs) (AFACADAJ), High-Health/Biosecure Hog Production (SPF/Pedigree Nucleus) (AFAEAEAL), Swine Veterinary Services (HLAMABAB)

Keywords

• Livestock veterinary services
• Pig health management
• Farm health solutions
• Veterinary diagnostics laboratory
• Veterinary pharmacy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Mühlhausen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Veterinary Services: Professional livestock veterinary practice providing farm health solutions, including on-site veterinary consultations, health management, and farm-level interventions
2. Pharmacy/Medicine Sales: Sale of veterinary medicines and quality products through their own pharmacy, with products delivered according to QS and ISO norms
3. Diagnostic Services: Laboratory diagnostics including serological tests, PCR testing, and necropsy services through partnership with Merefelt Livestock Diagnostics
4. Consulting Services: Independent consulting based on risk analysis and monitoring, providing health solutions for pig farming operations

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Agro-Vet is a pig-specialist veterinary practice that delivers Farm Health Solutions to commercial pig producers, combining on-site veterinary care, an integrated pharmacy, diagnostic laboratory services (serology, PCR, necropsy) and a proprietary early warning surveillance system. The practice supervises around 350,000 sows across Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium and supports both SPF and conventional operations with risk analysis, monitoring, and independent consulting.

Product overview

Agro-Vet is a pig veterinary practice operating as part of the LH Vet Group with three locations in Germany (Mitte, Nord, West). The company offers Farm Health Solutions as its core concept—a holistic approach combining veterinary services for pigs (managing approximately 350,000 sows), an in-house pharmacy, diagnostic laboratory services via partnership with Merefelt Livestock Diagnostics, a proprietary early warning surveillance system for pathogen detection, and tracking & tracing capabilities. Together with Lintjeshof in the Netherlands, they form an integrated livestock health management network serving the pork production industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Farm Health Solutions: Holistic health approach combining knowledge, data, and network for pig farming health solutions

Products and services

• Farm Health Solutions Holistic pig-health management concept that combines on-site veterinary care, diagnostic laboratory, pharmacy, surveillance, and consulting into a farm-level health and economic optimization program for commercial pig producers.
• Schweine (Pig Veterinary Services) Comprehensive veterinary service package for pig farming including health monitoring, SPF herd management, risk analysis, and the Frühwarnsystem surveillance; covers approximately 350,000 sows across the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
• Frühwarnsystem (Early Warning Surveillance System) Proprietary surveillance and monitoring system that detects swine pathogens early, enabling rapid response measures, limiting health damage, and supporting optimal economic performance for pig farms.
• Apotheke (Pharmacy Services) In-house veterinary pharmacy supplying a large inventory of quality veterinary medicines with strong price-performance, transported and delivered according to QS and ISO standards, with full batch-level tracking and tracing per farm UBN.
• Diagnostik und Labor (Diagnostics and Laboratory) Diagnostic services for pig farms including comprehensive serological testing for swine pathogens, modern necropsy, and extensive PCR testing for common and current swine pathogens, delivered together with Merefelt Livestock Diagnostics.
• Tracking & Tracing (Veterinary Medicine Traceability) Medication tracking and tracing service that records which batch of veterinary medicine was delivered to which farm, contributing to transparent food production chains, food safety and public health.

Quantifiable outcome

• Supervises approximately 350,000 sows across Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Boehringer IngelheimminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 16 January 2024Co-organized 'Progressive and Sustainable Pig Farming' event in Hannover with Boehringer Ingelheim, Hypor, GFS Genetik and Swinco. Boehringer Ingelheim also awarded PRRS research prize to the group.
• LH Vet GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company. LH Vet Group is a professional livestock veterinary practice operating under the Farm Health Solutions concept. Agro-Vet is a subsidiary of LH Vet Group, which also owns Merefelt Livestock Diagnostics and Lintjeshof practices in Germany and Netherlands.
• Merefelt Livestock DiagnosticscoreTechnology or IntegrationDiagnostic laboratory partner belonging to LH Vet Group. Provides comprehensive serological tests for swine pathogens, modern necropsy facilities, and extensive PCR testing for common and current swine pathogens.
• University of Giessen (Justus Liebig University)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for research and knowledge exchange in pig health management.
• University of LeipzigminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for research and knowledge exchange in pig health management.
• University of Ghent (Universiteit Gent)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for research and knowledge exchange in pig health management.
• Utrecht UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for research and knowledge exchange in pig health management.
• European Pig Producers (EPP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with European Pig Producers organization for industry collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Pharmaceutical Industry PartnersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorStrategic partnerships with pharmaceutical industry for quality veterinary products supplied through their pharmacy.
• Lintjeshof NetherlandscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose collaboration with Lintjeshof in the Netherlands in the field of pig farming. Together they supervise approximately 350,000 sows. Agro-Vet West (formerly Lintjeshof Tierarztpraxis) was formerly part of this network.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Topigs Norsvin: Global swine genetics company. Not a direct vet competitor, but operates in the same pig-producer value chain and increasingly partners with veterinarians on health and biosecurity programs, making it a credible adjacent comparable for customer overlap.
• PigCHAMP: Swine production management software and benchmarking provider. Comparable as an emerging technology-enabled entrant into swine farm data, benchmarking, and decision support — the same digital layer where Agro-Vet's Frühwarnsystem competes.

Direct peers

• Royal GD (Gezondheidsdienst voor Dieren): Dutch collective animal-health service providing livestock veterinary monitoring, diagnostics, and herd-level health programs across pigs, poultry, and cattle. Highly comparable as a regional livestock veterinary and diagnostics organization serving Western European producers.
• Lintjeshof: Dutch livestock veterinary practice and sister entity under the LH Vet Group. Operates the same Farm Health Solutions model for pig farmers in the Netherlands and is the partner through which Agro-Vet reaches its350,000-sow footprint; effectively the closest direct comparable on business model, services, and customer base.

Broad incumbents

• MSD Animal Health (Merck Animal Health): Large animal-health company with a major swine vaccines and pharmaceuticals portfolio. Comparable as a competitor for share-of-wallet with pig veterinarians and producers, including for the PRRS-related workflows that anchor Agro-Vet's differentiation.
• Elanco Animal Health: Global animal-health company serving swine, poultry, and ruminant producers with pharmaceuticals and health-services offerings. Relevant because Elanco competes for veterinary budgets and is increasingly bundling diagnostic and advisory services around its products.
• HIPRA: Animal-health company specializing in vaccines with a growing swine portfolio and focus on biosecurity and prevention. Comparable because it overlaps directly with Agro-Vet's preventive-health and early-warning positioning in pig production.
• IDT Biologika: Germany-based veterinary vaccines and diagnostics manufacturer serving livestock including swine. Comparable as a national incumbent supplier of biologics and diagnostics that competes for the same veterinary and farm-health budgets in the German market.
• Ceva Santé Animale: Animal-health company with a meaningful swine portfolio and global reach. Comparable to Agro-Vet as a competing supplier of veterinary medicines, vaccines, and reproductive technologies to European pig producers served by independent practices.
• Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health: Global animal-health leader with a substantial swine portfolio (including PRRS vaccines) and growing service-and-diagnostics adjacencies. Comparable because it both supplies veterinary medicines to Agro-Vet's pharmacy and increasingly bundles advisory and digital swine-health offerings that compete for the same farm customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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