Veterinary Scales Market Size, Share and Global Trend By Animal (Livestock, Companion), By Configuration (Platform, Portable, Compact), By Technology (Mechanical Veterinary Weighing Scales, Electronic Veterinary Weighing Scales), By End User (Veterinary Hospitals & Clinics, Veterinary Ambulatory Surgery Centers), and Regional Forecast, 2024-2032

Veterinary scales refer to the instruments or machines that enable the weighing of an animal, to know the weight of the animal or help in the monitoring of its weight. Veterinary scales are critical and crucial for the health of an animal because veterinarians generally and often depend on the accurate measurements of the animal’s weight and associated vital statistics to monitor the animal’s health. This helps in the diagnosis, monitoring, prevention, and ruling out of various animal diseases and disorders. Veterinary scales play a crucial role in animal health protection by aiding in the prevention and controlling serious epizootic diseases.

Prevention of animal diseases is critical because they are a negative constraint to sustained agricultural development and food security and can disrupt the economic benefits of international trade in livestock commodities. Reliable veterinary scales provide proper information which helps in the undertaking of several decisions such as the dosage and course of medication and treatment options for the animal, which are often based on the animal’s weight. Veterinary scales also help in the determination of the animal’s pregnancy and deciding whether the animal requires more exercise or change in diet to improve its health. These trends are expected to contribute to the market’s growth.

The global veterinary scales market is anticipated to grow owing to many factors such as the increasing prevalence of animal diseases like diabetes and increasing incidences of zoonotic diseases. Other factors also expected to contribute to the positive growth of the market includes an increase in pet ownership, increased demand for meat and animal-based products, usage of animals in agriculture, easy accessibility and affordability of treatment. Increasing awareness of animal health and welfare, increasing government initiatives, and increasing animal adoption are also expected to contribute to the market’s growth. According to studies by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP), it was estimated that 58% of the dogs and 54% of the cats in the U.S. are overweight or obese leading to a greater animal diabetes diagnosis. These trends, combined with the other factors, are anticipated to drive the market growth.

The factors limiting the growth of the global veterinary scales market are the lack of precision associated with the veterinary scales and the issues associated with getting an accurate reading for live animals.

Key Players Covered

Some of the major companies that are present in the global veterinary scales market are BOSCHE GmbH & Co. KG, Tanita, KERN & SOHN GmbH, Brecknell, Arlyn Scales, ADE GmbH & Co.KG, Adam Equipment Inc, DETECTO, PARAGON MEDICAL SUPPLY, INC., Charder Electronic Co, Ltd. and others.

SEGMENTATION 

Among the segmentation, electronic veterinary weighing scales in the technology segment is projected to hold a considerable share of the global veterinary scales market due to higher adoption of electronic veterinary weighing scales by the veterinarians for the ease of handling and its portability.

Key Insights

• New Product Launches
• Overview of Technological Advancements in Veterinary Scales
• Recent Industry Developments such as Partnerships, Mergers, and Acquisitions
• Pricing Analysis
• Overview of Animal Husbandry Initiatives
• Key Strategies Employed by Market Leaders

Regional Analysis

North America dominates the global veterinary scales market due to a number of factors such as the rising pet adoption rates, increasing prevalence of animal diseases especially zoonotic and infectious, increasing expenditure on animal health, growing pool of veterinarians, increasing incidences of animal obesity, increasing animal health awareness and large number of hospitals & clinics. The Asia Pacific is the fastest emerging market due to large livestock animal pool, increasing incidences of animal disorders, increasing pet adoption rates, increasing awareness of animal welfare, rising disposable incomes and introduction of government initiatives are expected to contribute positively in the market’s growth.

Key Industry Developments

• In May 2018, an innovative 3D scanner called the Fancom eYeGrow developed by a pig farmer was utilised for weighing of the finishing pigs won the Pig World New Product Award at the British Pig and Poultry Fair
• In November 2014, Cox & Ritchey launched their new range of Indicator Weigh Scales from the Tru-Test, which includes the 5000 Series at the AgriScot event in UK