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Nestlé Purina PetCare (/ p j ʊ ˈ r iː n ə /), or simply Purina, an American company operating as an independent subsidiary of multinational corporation Nestlé.It is based in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1893 by William H. Danforth. It produces and markets pet food, treats, and cat and dog litter.
In his early career, Johnson held management positions at Drackett, Ralston Purina, and Anderson-Clayton Foods before joining Heinz in 1982 as general manager of new business. [2] In 1988, as president and CEO, Johnson turned around the poorly performing Heinz Pet Products. In 1992, he did the same thing at the highly visible Starkist Foods. [5]
Purina Mills licenses the Purina and Chow brands for the United States and its territories (including Puerto Rico) from the successor of the Ralston Purina Company and owner of the trademarks, Nestlé Purina PetCare. Outside of the U.S., the rights to the Purina and Chow brands for animal feeds are licensed to Cargill [3] [4] by Nestle Purina ...
Ralston Purina also owned Jack in the Box fast food restaurants from 1968 to 1985, [10] along with several high-end restaurants. [11] [12] Ralston Purina owned Van Camp Sea Food Company from 1963 to 1988, a tuna cannery with Chicken of the Sea as its main product. [13] Ralston Purina owned an animal pharmaceutical company in the 1970s and 1980s.
Purina One, styled as Purina ONE ("optimal nutrition enhancement"), is a brand of premium dog and cat food made by Nestlé Purina PetCare. [1] Purina ONE foods typically contain some type of meat as their first named ingredient, while still containing by-products, grain fragments (such as brewers rice and corn gluten meal), and whole corn.
Ralston Purina, an American pet food company that was acquired in 2001; Nestlé Purina PetCare, the pet food division of Swiss-based Nestlé S.A., and the acquirer of Ralston Purina Company in 2001 (subsequently merged with Nestlé's Friskies PetCare Company) Purina Mills, a farm animal feed company that was spun off from Ralston Purina Company
The Michigan State University Veterinary Medical Center is part of the college, and provides veterinary medical services in 18 specialty clinics. [6] About 30,000 cases, primarily companion animals and horses, are treated annually.
The College of Veterinary Medicine conducts abundant research toward the benefit of animal and human well being. An example of this goal was the development of less painful freeze branding for livestock by college lecturer Keith Farrell in the mid-1960s.