MSD Saude Animal BR Distributor & Product Directory Scraper

Overview

The MSD Saude Animal BR Distributor & Product Directory Scraper extracts structured data from MSD Saude Animal Brazil's public website. It covers two data layers:

1. Distributor Directory — Contact details for 500+ authorized distributors across all 27 Brazilian states, organized by animal species category (Pecuaria, Animais de Companhia, Avicultura, Aquicultura, Suinocultura).
2. Product Catalog — Regulatory and formulation data for 200+ veterinary pharmaceutical products, including active ingredients, approved indications, and product presentations from the official bula (package insert).

MSD Saude Animal (Merck Animal Health) is one of Brazil's top-3 veterinary pharma multinationals. This data covers the manufacturer→distributor leg of the BR vet supply chain — a unique dataset unavailable on Apify from any other source.

Use Cases

• Veterinary pharma sales prospecting — Build targeted distributor contact lists by state and species category.
• Competitive intelligence — Map MSD's BR distributor network for market-share analysis.
• Vet practice management — Identify authorized local distributors for specific product categories.
• Regulatory research — Extract MAPA-registered product data and approved indications.
• Supply chain analysis — Understand the manufacturer→distributor→clinic supply chain structure.

Scrape Modes

Mode	Description
distributors	Scrapes the full authorized distributor directory (default)
products	Scrapes all product detail pages from the sitemap
both	Runs distributor pass then product pass

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	String	distributors	Which data to collect: distributors, products, or both
maxItems	Integer	50	Maximum number of records to return (0 = no limit)

Example Input — Distributor Directory

{
  "mode": "distributors",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example Input — Product Catalog

{
  "mode": "products",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Output

Each dataset record includes a record_type field ("distributor" or "product") and type-specific fields:

Distributor Record

Field	Description
record_type	Always "distributor"
distributor_name	Authorized distributor company name
phone_numbers	Phone number(s), pipe-separated
email	Contact email address
street_address	Street address
city	City
state	2-letter BR state code (UF)
cep	Brazilian postal code (CEP)
species_category	Animal category: Pecuaria / Animais de Companhia / Avicultura / Aquicultura / Suinocultura
scraped_at	ISO-8601 timestamp

Product Record

Field	Description
record_type	Always "product"
product_slug	URL slug (e.g. bravecto-365)
product_name	Commercial product name
product_overview	Active ingredient summary
product_indications	Approved indications text from the bula
product_presentation	Available pack sizes / presentations
product_url	Full product page URL
scraped_at	ISO-8601 timestamp

How It Works

Distributor mode: Fetches a single page (/lista-de-distribuidores/) and parses the inpsyde-TOC structured content — H2 headings are Brazilian states, H4 headings are species categories, and each distributor block contains name, email, phone, address, and CEP.

Product mode: Walks the products-sitemap.xml to discover all /produto/<slug>/ URLs, then fetches each product page and extracts the bula content using targeted selectors and text patterns.