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How did the top animal health companies perform in 2025? And what critical issues will impact industry performance in 2025? Answers to these questions and more can be found in the Brakke Consulting’s annual Industry Overview presented each year at the VMX and WVC conferences.

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Brakke Consulting is the leading consulting firm in the animal health and nutrition industries: companion animals, farm animals, and the veterinary industry that serves them.

No other animal health consulting firm can match our team of senior-level executive insiders, our internal market research expertise, or our track record of more than 35 years of consulting at the heart of the industry.

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Brakke Consulting News

Dr. Cristiano von Simson to Join Brakke Consulting Team

Brakke Consulting is pleased to announce that Dr. Cristiano von Simson has joined the Brakke Consulting team as a Senior Consultant.
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Brakke Consulting and Trone Research Announce Joint Venture

Brakke Consulting, a leading consulting firm serving the animal health and nutrition industries, and Trone Research and Consulting, a premier market research firm specializing in veterinary and retail pet care, announced today the strategic combination of their market research businesses, effective August 22, 2025.

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Ron Brakke, Founder of Brakke Consulting Passes Away

Brakke Consulting is saddened to announce that Ron Brakke, our founder and president emeritus passed away surrounded by family early Wednesday, July 30. Click here to read more.

Brakke Consulting welcomes Dr. Alexis Nahama

Brakke Consulting is pleased to announce that Dr. Alexis Nahama has joined the Brakke Consulting team as a Senior Consultant. Click here to learn more.

Brakke Consulting Viewpoints

Lessons from Dolly

I couldn’t help but read the many tributes to Dolly Parton this week. I do not have any stories to tell about her other than she owned a small cottage in Solvang, California, which is in the Santa Ynez Valley where I grew up and where most of my family still lives.

To read Bob Jones’ full viewpoint, click here.

Your View

Last week, we asked how AI has changed the way you work with external experts. Half said AI has made them more efficient without reducing their need for expertise, while 28% said AI can’t replace human expertise and 22% rely less on external experts. Clearly, that last group hasn’t met a Brakke consultant! Ha!

This week, let’s step away from AI and stay with Dolly. She’s credited with writing more than 3,000 songs throughout her career. Of these five Dolly-penned favorites, which one is yours?

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