IVD for Pets: A $2.7 Billion Global Market, reports Kalorama Information
ARLINGTON, Va., July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The need for veterinary testing has grown in recent years, as the majority of U.S. households claim to have at least one pet in the family. This has created ample opportunity for the companion animal segment of the veterinary diagnostic market, which globally had sales of $2.7 billion in 2022. The findings are according to leading medical market researcher Kalorama Information in the report The World Market for Veterinary Diagnostics, 6th Edition, which examines the market based on companion animal (pets and domestic animals including horses) and food animal (livestock and production animals) diagnostics.
- This has created ample opportunity for the companion animal segment of the veterinary diagnostic market, which globally had sales of $2.7 billion in 2022.
- Total global veterinary diagnostic testing market revenues reached $3.8 billion in 2022, reflecting growing demand for companion animal diagnostics followed by steady performance of the food animal segment.
- Modern veterinary care is heavily reliant upon conventional IVD technologies and methods also used in human medical care.
- Dogs were responsible for about 34% of the global veterinary revenues in 2022 and about 49% of all companion animal testing revenues.