Pfizer
Animal Health Partners with Customers to Contribute
to FFA and AABP Foundation Veterinary Scholarships in 2011
More
Than $2.38 Million Donated Through the Pfizer Animal Health FFA/AABP Support
Program Since 2008
MADISON, N.J. — Jan. 28,
2011 — Pfizer Animal Health announces the return of the FFA and American
Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) Foundation Support Program, which has
resulted in more than $2.38 million in contributions to local FFA chapters and
veterinary student scholarships since its inception in 2008.
Eligible accounts completing an
enrollment form by May 6, 2011, will receive a 1 percent rebate on
all Pfizer Animal Health cattle products, excluding MGA® purchases,
from Feb. 1 to April 30, 2011. The rebate can be donated to either the local FFA
chapter(s) of their choice or to the AABP Foundation – Pfizer Animal Health
Veterinary Student Scholarship Fund.
“Connecting FFA members with
their local veterinarians is incredibly valuable in educating them about the
animal health industry,” says Will Fett, regional director, National FFA
Foundation. “This program also provides local FFA chapters with funds for
traveling to educational and leadership seminars. This has been an excellent
program, and we look forward to continuing it.”
In previous years, more than
1,100 veterinarians, animal health suppliers and dealers from across the country
participated in the FFA/AABP Foundation Support Program, which is part of Pfizer
Animal Health’s Commitment to Veterinarians, an initiative supporting
veterinarians through training and education, research and development, and
investment in the future of the veterinary profession.
“The AABP Foundation – Pfizer
Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarships will help ease some of the
financial burdens recent graduates take with them into practice,” says M. Gatz
Riddell Jr., DVM, executive vice president, AABP. “By targeting students with
a proven interest in food animal practice, these scholarships allow more
students to enter the field of their choice than ever before. These scholarships
should also help address the need for more veterinarians in rural veterinary
practice.”
Support for the FFA and AABP
Foundation help support the future of agriculture, states Julian Garcia, group
director, U.S. Cattle Marketing, Pfizer Animal Health.
“Our support to both
organizations helps honor the assistance and encouragement many of our team
members at Pfizer Animal Health received when they were students,” Garcia
says. “Many of us at Pfizer Animal Health have been directly involved with
these organizations, and now is our chance to work with our veterinary clinic,
dealer and distributor partners to give back. In turn, we are supporting the
next generation of our industry.”
About Pfizer Animal Health
Pfizer
Animal Health, a business of Pfizer Inc., is a world leader in discovering and
developing innovative animal vaccines and prescription medicines, investing an
estimated $300 million annually in animal health product research and
development. For more information about how Pfizer Animal Health works to ensure
a safe, sustainable global food supply from healthy livestock, fish and poultry,
or helps companion animals and horses to live longer, healthier lives, visit www.PfizerAH.com.
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