[16 November 2011] It is expected that China’s animal health industry will generate an annual production value of CNY 40.2 billion (USD 6.3 billion) by 2012, according to a report from China’s Feed Industry Association. The second largest animal health producer after the United States has benefited and will maintain growth momentum due to rising domestic livestock production and growing concerns over animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, avian influenza, blue ear disease and mad cow disease. Revenue of the sector was CNY 23.6 billion (USD 3.7 billion) in 2009 with an annual average growth of 15% from 2005. The association expects that veterinary biologics, whose sales account for 20% of the total revenue, will enjoy increasing share in the next few years as China boosts mandatory vaccination.