Zoetis
E813061
Zoetis is a leading global animal health company that develops, manufactures, and markets medicines, vaccines, and diagnostic products for livestock and companion animals.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pfizer Animal Health | 1 |
| Zoetis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9668359 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zoetis Context triple: [Pershing Square Holdings, hasSignificantShareholderRoleIn, Zoetis]
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A.
Elanco (historically, before spin-off)
Elanco (historically, before its spin-off) was Eli Lilly and Company's animal health division, focused on developing and marketing veterinary pharmaceuticals and related products for livestock and companion animals.
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B.
Lonza
Lonza is a global Swiss-based life sciences company specializing in pharmaceutical, biotech, and nutrition products and services, particularly in contract development and manufacturing.
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C.
Corteva
Corteva is an American agricultural chemical and seed company formed as an independent entity after the breakup of DowDuPont.
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D.
Bayer
Bayer is a major German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company known for products such as aspirin and its work in healthcare and agriculture.
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E.
Shire
The Shire is a peaceful, rural region in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, inhabited primarily by hobbits and known for its pastoral beauty and simple, agrarian lifestyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zoetis Target entity description: Zoetis is a leading global animal health company that develops, manufactures, and markets medicines, vaccines, and diagnostic products for livestock and companion animals.
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A.
Elanco (historically, before spin-off)
Elanco (historically, before its spin-off) was Eli Lilly and Company's animal health division, focused on developing and marketing veterinary pharmaceuticals and related products for livestock and companion animals.
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B.
Lonza
Lonza is a global Swiss-based life sciences company specializing in pharmaceutical, biotech, and nutrition products and services, particularly in contract development and manufacturing.
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C.
Corteva
Corteva is an American agricultural chemical and seed company formed as an independent entity after the breakup of DowDuPont.
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D.
Bayer
Bayer is a major German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company known for products such as aspirin and its work in healthcare and agriculture.
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E.
Shire
The Shire is a peaceful, rural region in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, inhabited primarily by hobbits and known for its pastoral beauty and simple, agrarian lifestyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animal health company
ⓘ
company ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currency |
USD
ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
|
| focusesOn |
animal health
ⓘ
disease prevention ⓘ disease treatment ⓘ |
| formerName |
Pfizer Animal Health
ⓘ
linked to:
Zoetis
|
| founded | 1952 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Pfizer ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel |
business-to-business
ⓘ
business-to-consumer ⓘ |
| hasCustomerType |
distributors
ⓘ
livestock producers ⓘ pet owners ⓘ veterinarians ⓘ |
| hasRAndDCentersIn |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| headquartersLocation |
Parsippany, New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| industry |
animal health
ⓘ
pharmaceuticals ⓘ |
| ipoYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| legalForm | public company ⓘ |
| notableBrand |
Apoquel
ⓘ
Cytopoint ⓘ Draxxin ⓘ Revolution ⓘ Simparica ⓘ |
| numberOfEmployees | over 10,000 ⓘ |
| operatesIn | global ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Pfizer ⓘ |
| productType |
biodevices
ⓘ
diagnostic products ⓘ genetic tests ⓘ vaccines ⓘ veterinary medicines ⓘ |
| regulates | not regulated; subject to regulation by FDA ⓘ |
| serves |
companion animals
ⓘ
livestock ⓘ |
| spinOffFrom | Pfizer ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| subjectToRegulationBy |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
ⓘ
linked to:
Food and Drug Administration
USDA ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of Agriculture
|
| tickerSymbol | ZTS ⓘ |
| website | https://www.zoetis.com ⓘ |
| wentPublicOn | 2013 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Zoetis Description of subject: Zoetis is a leading global animal health company that develops, manufactures, and markets medicines, vaccines, and diagnostic products for livestock and companion animals.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Pershing Square Holdings (historical significant shareholder)
linked to: Zoetis