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| x | ANNUAL      REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF      1934 |
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|  ̈ | TRANSITION      REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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ANIMALHEALTHINTERNATIONAL, INC.

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| Delaware                                                                |   | 71-0982698                                       |
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| (State      or other jurisdiction ofincorporation      or organization) |   | (I.R.S.      EmployerIdentification      Number) |
|                                                                    |   |
| 7      Village Circle, Suite 200Westlake,      Texas                    |   | 76262                                            |
| (Address      of principal executive offices)                           |   | (Zip      Code)                                  |

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| Title      of each class           |   | Name      of Each Exchange on Which Registered |
|------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------|
| Common      Stock, $0.01 par value |   | The      NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC         |

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|                           |                                 | (Do not check if a      smaller reporting company)  |                                              |

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SIGNATURES

|                         |         |                                                                                                    |
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|                         |    | ANIMAL      HEALTH INTERNATIONAL, INC.                                                                  |
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| Date:      December 16, 2008 |    | /s/    WILLIAM F. LACEY                     |
|                         |    | William      F. Lacey                                                                                   |
|                         |    | Senior      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer(Principal      Financial and Accounting Officer) |

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|                                                                                                                   |         |                                                                                                                       |   |                   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------|
| Signature                                                                                                         |    | Title                                                                                                                 |   | Date              |
|                                                                                                                   |         |                                                                                                                       |
|  /s/    JAMES C. ROBISON        James      C. Robison |    | Chief      Executive Officer, President and Chairman  (Principal      Executive Officer)                    |   | December      16, 2008 |
|                                                                                                                   |         |                                                                                                                       |
|  /s/    WILLIAM F. LACEY        William      F. Lacey |    | Sr.      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  (Principal      Financial and Accounting Officer) |   | December      16, 2008 |
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|  *Michael      Eisenson                                                                                           |    | Director                                                                                                                   |   | December      16, 2008 |
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|  *Mark      Rosen                                                                                                 |    | Director                                                                                                                   |   | December      16, 2008 |
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|  *Brandon      White                                                                                              |    | Director                                                                                                                   |   | December      16, 2008 |
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|  *Ronald      Steinhart                                                                                           |    | Director                                                                                                                   |   | December      16, 2008 |
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|  *David      Biegler                                                                                              |    | Director                                                                                                                   |   | December      16, 2008 |
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|  *Jerry      Pinkerton                                                                                            |    | Director                                                                                                                   |   | December      16, 2008 |
|  *E.      Thomas Corcoran                                                                                         |    | Director                                                                                                                   |   | December      16, 2008 |

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