biology

Virbac

Virbac is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Virbac rather than just read about it. In short: Virbac is a French company dedicated to animal health located in Carros, near Nice. It was founded in 1968 by veterinarian Pierre-Richard Dick.

Key takeaways

Virbac belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Virbac to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Virbac from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Virbac is a French company dedicated to animal health located in Carros, near Nice. It was founded in 1968 by veterinarian Pierre-Richard Dick. The company is the world’s 6th largest veterinarian pharmaceutical group with a turnover of 1,465 million euros in 2025 (61% companion animal and 39% food producing animal). The company is a limited company with a board Euronext Paris stock exchange - compartiment A and is part of the reference index: SBF 120, and eligible SRD, PEA and PEA-PME.

History Virbac (acronym of virology and bacteriology) is a French company dedicated to animal health located in Carros, near Nice. It was founded in 1968 by veterinarian Pierre-Richard Dick. Since his death in 1992, his youngest daughter, Marie-Hélène Dick-Madelpuech, also a veterinary surgeon, has chaired the Board of Directors. In 1985, Virbac was listed on the stock exchange. In June 2025, Paul Martingell is announced as the new Chief Executive Officer of Virbac, effective September 2025, following the resignation of Sébastien Huron in September 2024. In the meantime, Habib Ramdani serves as interim CEO.

Activities The company has 6,400 employees and is now present in over 100 countries with 36 sales subsidiaries. Its production is located in 10 countries among which France, the US, Mexico, Brazil, Vietnam. It also has 10 research and development centers located in the United States, Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, France, Vietnam, Taiwan and Australia. It generates nearly 90% of its revenues outside France. Its product range is designed to cover the main pathologies in companion animals and livestock: internal and external parasiticides (collars and pipettes), antibiotics, vaccines, diagnostic tests, dog and cat nutrition, dermatology, dental hygiene, reproductive, aquaculture, anesthesia, geriatrics and electronic identification (pets, horses, exotic pets…).

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Virbac

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Virbac claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Virbac before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Virbac ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Virbac

In research: Virbac appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Virbac in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Virbac is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics CAC Mid 60, Companies based in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Companies listed on Euronext Paris, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Virbac outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Virbac in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Virbac means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Virbac out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Virbac in simple terms?

Virbac is a French company dedicated to animal health located in Carros, near Nice. It was founded in 1968 by veterinarian Pierre-Richard Dick.

Why does Virbac matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Virbac?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Virbac.