public traded as nasdaq mwiv industry wholesale and retail distribution predecessor mwi holdings founded boise idaho 1976 1976 1 founder millard wallace ickes products veterinary supplies revenue us 2 347.49 million 2013 us 2 075.15 million 2012 2 number of employees 1 732 citation needed website www.mwivet.com mwi veterinary supply nasdaq mwiv is an international animal health products supplier for veterinarians . 3 the company is based in boise idaho and distributes over 10 000 products to over 350 vendors throughout the us and the uk . 4 5 background edit mwi veterinary supply was established by millard wallace ickes in 1976 . initially known as mwi holdings the organization s name was changed in 2005 . 1 in 2011 the company acquired nelson laboratories limited partnership and micro beef technologies . in the following year it completed the acquisition of prescription containers inc. 3 in october 2013 the company tried the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of ivesco holdings . 6 in november 2013 the company completed the acquisition of ivesco holdings . 7 in addition to direct distribution to vendors the company has distribution contracts with cornell university and us government . example needed 8 9 as of february 2014 update it has an enterprise value of 2.17 billion . 10 in september 2011 the customer base of the company included 24 000 veterinarian practices in the us and 1 500 in the uk . in fiscal year of 2011 the sales volume encompassed 3 500 products in the us and 21 000 products in the uk . 3 mwi was bought by amerisourcebergen in a deal announced on january 12 2015 . it is no longer a public company and its shares do not actively trade on a public market . amerisourcebergen has acquired it . 11 references edit a b mwi veterinary supply yahoo.com . finance.yahoo.com . retrieved 2014 02 22 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name profile defined multiple times with different content see the help page . financial statements for mwi veterinary supply inc. google finance . google.com . retrieved 2014 02 22 . a b c mwi veterinary supply inc. reuters.com . reuters.com . retrieved 2014 02 22 . mwiv stock quote mwi veterinary supply inc. stock price today . marketwatch.com . retrieved 2014 02 22 . mwi veterinary supply inc. nasdaq . nasdaq.com . retrieved 2014 02 22 . stock market & financial investment news . yahoo finance . retrieved 2014 02 23 . mwi veterinary supply inc. nasdaq mwiv quotes & news ... . google.com . retrieved 2014 02 22 . mwi veterinary supply dfa home cornell university . dfa.cornell.edu . retrieved 2014 02 22 . mwi veterinary supply inc. government contracts . governmentspending.us . retrieved 2014 02 22 . mwi veterinary key statistics mwi veterinary supply inc. stock yahoo finance . finance.yahoo.com . retrieved 2014 02 22 . http www.wsj.com articles amerisourcebergen to buy mwi veterinary for 2 5 billion 1421067485 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mwi veterinary supply & oldid 732081355 categories companies established in 1976companies listed on nasdaqhidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference namesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2014articles containing potentially dated statements from february 2014all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 july 2016 at 13 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view