The 2010 FIFA World Cup, the premier international football tournament, is due to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. The national teams have trained hard and well-prepared for this important sport event. In general, not only football fans but animals also are eager to welcome the upcoming World Cup. As the World Cup 2010 approaches, many zoos show animals’ performance with a ball to promote the tournament. It can be seen that such animals have extraordinary talent in football and perform like real players in the field. In the following pictures, we have chance to see interesting moments that animals play football.
Chimpanzees at the Serengeti Park play with a ball in the colors of the German national flag.
The elephant shows great football skills in Chiang Mai province, Thailand.
Fish at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium swim near a small transparent football containing fish food.
A lion at the ZSL London Zoo plays with a ball painted in the colors of the flag of St. George.
Two lioness play with a ball at ZSL London Zoo.
A meerkat practises for the World Cup at Exmoor Zoo in Devon, England.
The octopus at Plymouth's National Marine Aquarium, is pictured with a ball in his tank.
Penguins wearing the South Korean national team strip play with a miniature football at Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea.
Two vultures from Tenbury Wells play with a ball.
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The global animal health industry has shown an increasing trend in the past few years. The market can primarily be classified into two segments, companion animals and food producing animals, with food producing animals or livestock dominating the global market. The global animal health market is not immune to the current economic and financial conditions and therefore it slowed down in 2009.
There has been a global rise in the demand for safe meat and dairy products from healthy livestock, particularly in the developing markets. With the growing affection of owners for their pets which include dogs, cats or horses grows stronger, more and more people are taking steps to ensure that companion animals enjoy a healthy lifestyle. This factor is regarded as the leading growth driver of the global animal health market.
The global picture of the animal health care industry has been presented in the report. Also, the main regions in the industry including the US, Europe, Australia, the UK and India have been discussed, with a special focus on the US. The major trends and the drivers in the US impacting the animal health market have also been analyzed.
The global animal health market is fairly consolidated with top nine players controlling the major share of the market. The report also analyses the businesses of the top four players in the global animal health market, along with their strategies for growth. The four players being profiled in the report include Pfizer, Schering-Plough/Intervet, Merial and Bayer.
By combining SPSS Inc.s data integration and analysis capabilities with our relevant findings, we have predicted the future growth of the industry. We employed various significant variables that have an impact on this industry and created regression models with SPSS Base to determine the future direction of the industry. Before deploying the regression model, the relationship between several independent or predictor variables and the dependent variable was analyzed using standard SPSS output, including charts, tables and tests.
Table of Contents : 1. Animal Health Care
1.1 Overview 1.2 Animal Health Products-Value Chain Analysis
2. Global Animal Health Market
2.1 Overview
Market Size Growth Rate Product Segments Breakdown by Region
2.2 Market Segments of Animal Health Market
2.2.1 Food Producing or Livestock Animals 2.2.2 Companion Animals
3. Animal Health Market-Regional Analysis
3.1 The US
3.1.1 Overview Market Size 3.1.2 Trends and Growth Drivers
3.2 Europe
Overview Sales by Category
3.3 Australia
Overview Veterinary Expenditure
3.4 The United Kingdom
Overview Sales by Category
3.5 India
Overview Market Size & Segments
4. Market Drivers
4.1 Regulations Favor Growth 4.2 Increasing Demand for Animal Protein 4.3 Growing Human-Animal Relation
5. Key Issues
5.1 Increasing Expenditure on Research and Development 5.2 Increasing Consolidation in Animal Health Industry 5.3 Impact of Economic Conditions 5.4 Lack of Proper Workforce
6. Animal Health Market - Competitive Landscape
7. Company Profiles
7.1 Pfizer Inc.
Overview Key Financials Business Strategies
7.2 Schering-Plough
Overview Key Financials Business Strategies
7.3 Merial Overview Key Financials Business Strategies
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