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Acquisitions and Divestitures	3 Months Ended
Acquisitions and Divestitures	Mar. 31, 2021
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Acquisitions and Divestitures	5. Acquisitions and Divestitures A. Acquisitions Other Acquisitions During 2020, we completed the acquisitions of Fish Vet Group, a diagnostics company for aquaculture, Virtual Recall, a veterinary engagement software company, Performance Livestock Analytics, a cloud-based technology company in the precision livestock business, and Ethos Diagnostic Science, a veterinary reference laboratory business with labs across the U.S. We also entered into an option purchase agreement as part of a research and development arrangement with a Belgian company, a variable interest entity of which Zoetis is the primary beneficiary and now consolidating within our results. These transactions did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements. B. Divestitures During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we received cash proceeds of $20 million resulting from a payment received pursuant to an agreement related to the 2016 sale of certain U.S. manufacturing sites.