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EXHIBIT 10.9

**—CERTAIN INFORMATION IN THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY
WITH THE COMMISSION. CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO
THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

AGREEMENT FOR HOME DELIVERY LOGISTICS SERVICES

        This Agreement for Home Delivery Logistics Services (this "Agreement"),
executed as of this 1st day of July, 2009, is made by and between MWI Veterinary
Supply Co., located at 651 S. Stratford Drive, Suite 100, Meridian, ID 83642
("MWI"), and Medical Management International, Inc., dba Banfield, The Pet
Hospital, located at 8000 Tillamook Street, Portland, OR 97213 ("Banfield"). The
parties agree to the following:

        1.    Home Delivery Logistics Fees.    Banfield and MWI have agreed upon
the following logistics fees to be paid by Banfield for services performed by
MWI in accordance with this Agreement (the "Home Delivery Logistics Fees" and
each, a "Home Delivery Logistics Fee"). The respective Home Delivery Logistics
Fees will be payable in the circumstances described for each fee below. The
amount of each Home Delivery Logistics Fee as stated below is /**/. No more than
one Home Delivery Logistics Fee will be payable on /**/.

Order Type
  Home Delivery Logistics Fee   Functions Performed by MWI Non-Pharmacy Product
  /**/   Pet portal or CRM order processing; warehouse (including picking,
packing, and dispatch); revenue collection
Prescription Product
 
/**/
 
Pet portal or CRM order processing; pharmacy (including picking, packing, and
dispatch); revenue collection
Pet food
 
/**/
 
Pet portal or CRM order processing; revenue collection
Credits
(applies when Banfield allows return of products for reasons other than
MWI mis-shipment)
 
/**/
 
Order processing; warehouse (including picking, packing, and dispatch); revenue
collection

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        The Home Delivery Logistics Fees will be invoiced and paid in accordance
with Section 3 below. The Home Delivery Logistics Fees will not be subject to
adjustment without the mutual written agreement of Banfield and MWI. The above
Home Delivery Logistics Fee pricing assumes that MWI will provide the applicable
logistics functions, and systems support, as set forth in the above schedule,
for all existing Banfield practice-owned hospitals and any new practice-owned
hospitals that will be opened during the term of this Agreement. Such pricing
also assumes that Banfield will make reasonable efforts to have Charter
Practices utilize MWI for all such functions. Orders by (i) Banfield
practice-owned and Charter Practice hospitals, (ii) Banfield inside sales,
(iii) Banfield associates, and (iv) Banfield clients will be placed using the
pet portal, CRM system, or some other electronic means. For purposes of this
Agreement, "practice-owned" means those hospitals owned and operated directly by
Banfield or owned and operated by A Caring Doctor, P.C.; A Caring Doctor
(Minnesota), P.A.; A Caring Doctor (New Jersey), P.C.; A Caring Doctor (North
Carolina), P.C.; or A Caring Doctor (Texas), P.C. For the purposes of this
Agreement, "Banfield client" means any pet owner that Banfield deems a client
and is eligible for retail sale of home delivery products.

        2.    Payment Terms.    For the Initial Term of this Agreement, MWI will
extend payment terms to Banfield of /**/ days from the later of the date of
shipment or date of invoice, it being understood that the date of invoice is the
date an invoice is generated in MWI's system. Banfield agrees to make all
payments via electronic funds transfer.

        3.    Ordering.    MWI has developed and will continue to maintain, at
MWI's expense, the Internet based home delivery system linked to Banfield's pet
portal and CRM systems. Banfield shall use this system or the system of their
choosing to maintain online formulary, track inventory, confirm delivery
addresses, assess freight and tax, submit orders, track order status, track
shipment, and report sales tax.

        4.    Freight.    On all sales, title and risk of loss will pass upon
delivery of the goods to the Banfield hospital, Banfield client, or such other
destination as designated. MWI will make arrangements for transportation of all
goods to Banfield clients for home delivery by the most economical carrier
available. MWI will pay the carriers. All home delivery goods will be shipped
using the most economical method available (including First Class Mail), unless
specified by Banfield for expedited delivery at Banfield's cost. MWI will charge
Banfield freight expense as a percentage of the home delivery product price for
merchandise shipped by MWI. The percentage, which may be adjusted each quarter,
will be equal to the actual home delivery freight costs (without mark up) as a
percentage of the total price for home delivery merchandise shipped during the
previous quarter. Actual freight costs will include all freight charges and
applicable fees (based on the maintenance of at least one national pharmacy by
MWI); and will reflect the benefit of contract and volume discounts received by
MWI; provided, however, that no freight costs or fees will be included to the
extent they result from shipping any product by a mode of transportation or
carrier other than those specified above without the approval of Banfield.
MWI will maintain complete records of all freight costs and will make such
records available for audit by Banfield at any time upon no less than 72 hours
prior written notice from Banfield. MWI and Banfield will regularly review
freight companies, contracts, delivery methods and processes in an effort to
reduce delivery costs to Banfield.

        5.    Provisions Regarding Delivery.    Unless otherwise requested by
Banfield or Banfield clients, all home delivery orders will be delivered
directly to the Banfield client. MWI shall work with the respective carriers and
use commercially reasonable efforts to insure the timely delivery of any home
delivery orders.

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        6.    Fill or kill.    MWI will not ship, or otherwise deliver, any
"incomplete" Banfield Home Delivery orders and will cancel unshipped orders five
days after having received the order. Order cancelation will be communicated to
Banfield within 24 hours. Incomplete Banfield Home Delivery orders shall be
defined as those orders in which MWI does not have 100% of the product in stock,
and is unable to fully fill the order.

        7.    System Development.    MWI, in conjunction with Banfield, shall
work together to continue to develop and explore potential home delivery system
solutions for a broader formulary, PetWare integration, and reporting.

        8.    Shipping Errors.    In the event that MWI makes a shipping error,
i.e., shipping a product not ordered or shipping a quantity of product not as
ordered, MWI will not charge Banfield for the logistics fee and applicable
freight related to the incorrect shipment. When MWI is notified and it is
determined that there has been a shipping error, MWI's Banfield Customer Service
team will re-enter an order to ship the correct product, and at that time will
issue a credit to Banfield for the logistics fee and freight relating to the
incorrect shipment, and will also issue a credit for the logistics fee and
freight that will be assessed when the incorrect product is returned. When
applicable, MWI's Banfield Customer Service team will provide a return label
directly to the affected Banfield client.

        9.    Supply.    MWI realizes that Banfield relies upon MWI as
Banfield's sole-source Home Delivery pharmacy and will therefore program its
inventory system to stock the highest service level available for all products
on the Banfield Home Delivery formulary. Banfield branded items and other
inventory items unique to Banfield will be segregated and maintained in a
special Banfield "virtual warehouse" at MWI's Edwardsville pharmacy and
warehouse and be made available only to Banfield.

        10.    Term.    This Agreement shall be effective for an initial term of
July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2012 (the "Initial Term"). After the first and
second twelve month periods of the Initial Term, the parties will analyze the
fiscal results of the prior twelve months and review the Home Delivery Logistics
Fee pricing. During the final 90 days of the Initial Term, MWI and Banfield will
analyze the fiscal results of the prior three years and agree upon any revisions
to the Home Delivery Logistics Fee pricing or other aspects of this Agreement
(the "Review Period"). During this time Banfield and MWI will discuss and assess
options to reduce costs to Banfield. If the parties reach agreement in writing
upon any adjustments to pricing or other provision of this Agreement during the
Review Period, then the term of this Agreement will continue for an additional
12 months from the end of the Initial Term. If, before or during the first
30 days of the Review Period either party communicates a concern or required
revision in writing and a resolution is not achieved to the mutual satisfaction
of both parties during the Review Period, this Agreement shall terminate at the
end of the Initial Term. If no such communications are set forth in writing
before or during the first 30 days of the Review Period, this Agreement will
automatically renew for an additional 12 months from the end of the Initial
Term. This process will continue year after year, unless MWI and Banfield cannot
reach agreement during any Review Period.

        11.    Termination.    Notwithstanding anything in Section 10 hereof,
either party may terminate this Agreement at any time, whether during or after
the Initial Term, with or without cause, provided that Banfield will give MWI at
least one hundred fifty (150) days prior written notice if Banfield elects to
terminate and MWI will give Banfield at least one hundred fifty (150) days prior
written notice if MWI elects to terminate. Upon termination of this Agreement,
any and all rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement will
terminate, provided that all rights, obligations or liabilities accrued

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hereunder prior to termination, and all rights or obligations which by their
nature or express duration extend beyond the termination of this Agreement, will
survive termination and continue in effect indefinitely or for that express
duration.

        12.    Confidential Information.    Except for any disclosure required
by law, each party agrees to retain all confidential information received from
the other party in confidence, not to disclose any such information to any other
person, and not to use any such information for its own benefit, to the other
party's detriment or for any purpose other than in furtherance of this
Agreement. All information which either party and any of its agents receives at
any time from the other party or any of its agents shall be deemed confidential
and subject to the provisions of this Section 12, whether the information shall
be received orally, in writing, visually, by inspection of documents, products
or processes, by electronic transmission, or in any other form or manner,
excepting only information which the recipient establishes was generally
available to the public at the time of disclosure or subsequently became
generally available to the public other than as a result, directly or
indirectly, of disclosure by the recipient or its agents. Information shall be
confidential and shall be subject to this Section 12 whether or not it is marked
or designated "confidential" at the time of disclosure. Notwithstanding the
provisions above, the recipient may disclose confidential information to its
agents only to the limited extent necessary to carry out this Agreement and
maintain the business relationship. The recipient shall be fully responsible for
any use or disclosure of confidential information by any of its agents in
violation of this Section 12.

        13.    Force Majeure.    In the event MWI shall be unable or fail at any
time to supply, or Banfield shall be unable or fail at any time to take and
purchase, any product to be sold and purchased hereunder in consequence of fire,
explosion, accident, earthquake, flood, drought, embargo, war (whether or not
declared), riot, terrorist attack, governmental act, delay or failure of
carriers, Acts of God, or any other contingency or delay or failure or cause
beyond the control of the party affected, excluding economic conditions
affecting either party, MWI shall not be liable to Banfield for failure to
supply the product, nor shall Banfield be liable to MWI for failure to take or
purchase the product, during the period of such disability or failure.

        14.    Notices.    All notices and other communications ("Notices")
shall be in writing and may be delivered (i) in person, with the date of notice
being the date of personal delivery, (ii) by United States Mail, postage prepaid
for certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, with the date of
notice being the date of the postmark on the return receipt, (iii) by fax, with
confirmation of the transmittal of the fax and a copy of the fax deposited on
the same day in the United States Mail, with the date of notice being the date
of the fax, (iv) by e-mail, with confirmation of sending of the e-mail and a
copy of the e-mail deposited on the same day in the United States Mail, with the
date of notice being the date of the e-mail, (v) by nationally recognized
delivery service such as Federal Express, with the date of notice being the date
of delivery as shown on the confirmation provided by the delivery service.

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Notices shall be addressed to the following addresses, or such other address as
one party shall provide the other parties:

If to MWI:   651 S. Stratford Drive, Suite 100   If to Banfield:   8000
Tillamook Street     Meridian, ID 83642       Portland, OR 97213     Attn:  
Banfield Executive       Attn:   Senior Director         Account Manager        
  of Purchasing     Fax:   208-955-8999       Fax:   503-922-6147
With a copy to:
 
651 S. Stratford Drive, Suite 100
 
With a copy to:
 
Banfield, The Pet     Meridian, ID 83642       Hospital     Attn:   President  
    8000 Tillamook Street     Fax:   208-955-8999       Portland, OR 97213      
          Attn:   Legal Counsel                 Fax:   503-922-6112

        15.    Entire Agreement, Modifications and Waiver.    This Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties and supersedes
any prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to the
specific subject matter hereof. This Agreement cannot be modified except in
writing signed by both parties. No waiver of any term or condition of this
Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other provision hereof, nor
shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding
unless executed in writing by the party making the waiver.

        16.    Governing Law.    This Agreement shall be governed by,
interpreted, construed, and the respective rights of the parties hereto
determined and all claims and disputes, whether in tort, contract or otherwise,
resolved according to the laws of the State of Oregon notwithstanding any
conflict of law principles to the contrary. Any proceeding initiated by
MWI arising out of or in connection with this Agreement will be determined
solely by a state or federal court in Multnomah County, Oregon, and any
proceeding initiated by Banfield arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement will be determined solely by a state or federal court located in Ada
County, Idaho, and the parties consent to the jurisdiction and venue of those
courts.

        17.    Successors and Assignment.    All of the terms and provisions of
this Agreement will be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their respective successors and assigns. Neither party may assign, delegate or
transfer to third parties its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of the other party.

        18.    Attorney Fees.    In the event of any legal proceeding arising
out of or in connection with this Agreement or the services provided for herein,
or arising with respect to one of the parties, including but not limited to
arbitrations, bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings and appeals, the
prevailing party will be entitled to recover from the other party its costs,
disbursements and reasonable attorney fees as determined by the court,
arbitrator or other presiding official.

        19.    Counterpart Signatures.    This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original but all of which will
constitute one and the same instrument.

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        In Witness Whereof, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL, INC.   MWI VETERINARY SUPPLY CO.
By
 
/s/ ALAN STEWART

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Print Name: Alan Stewart
Its: CFO/CAO
 
By
 
/s/ JIM CLEARY

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Jim Cleary
President & CEO
By
 
/s/ JOHN PAYNE

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Print Name: John Payne
Its: CEO
 
By
 
/s/ BRIAN TOPPER

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Brian Topper
Banfield Executive Account Manager

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