Director dealings: Eco Animal Health director lowers stake

(Sharecast News) - Eco Animal Health director Julia Trouse disposed of 75,000 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed pharmaceutical outfit on Thursday.Trouse, who joined the group in 1993 as financial controller of Petworld Superstores, sold the shares at an average price of 485p each, for a total value of £363,749.99.ECO Animal Health revealed in December that it had entered a development and licensing deal with Agrinnovation and the Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.The company said the deal, based on a number of milestone payments, would allow it to licence patented research related innovations leading to the development of a "unique" long-acting injectable florfenicol product to treat swine bacterial respiratory disease with a single dose.It described florfenicol as an antimicrobial, used only in veterinary medicine, with the product expected to complement both the spectrum of activity and the oral route of administration of ECO's patented molecule for the treatment of economically-important diseases in pigs and poultry, 'Aivlosin'.As of 1625 GMT, Eco Animal shares had dipped 2.02% to 485p.Top Director BuysAviva (AV.)Director name: Cross,PatriciaAmount purchased: 3,680 @ 374.00pValue: £13,764.66Oxford Biomedica (OXB)Director name: Heath,AndrewAmount purchased: 972 @ 715.00pValue: £6,949.80Aviva (AV.)Director name: Garcia,Belen RomanaAmount purchased: 1,126 @ 374.00pValue: £4,210.68Cmc Markets (CMCX)Director name: Foley,Grant Amount purchased: 252 @ 119.25pValue: £300.51Judges Scientific (JDG)Director name: Lavelle,Mark Amount purchased: 6 @ 2,739.75pValue: £164.38Judges Scientific (JDG)Director name: Ormsby,Bradley LeonardAmount purchased: 6 @ 2,739.75pValue: £164.38Judges Scientific (JDG)Director name: Cicurel,DavidAmount purchased: 5 @ 2,739.75pValue: £136.99Top Director SellsEco Animal Health Group (EAH)Director name: Trouse,JuliaAmount sold: 75,000 @ 485.00pValue: £363,749.99Oxford Biomedica (OXB)Director name: Heath,AndrewAmount sold: 981 @ 713.00pValue: £6,994.53