From Science Magazine, January 19, 2007: Though animal diseases constrain livestock production in developing countries, they are not given the attention deserved by the global community. New, more cost-effective approaches to delivery of animal health services are critical to poverty reduction processes, especially in an age where zoonotic diseases occur in a globalized setting. New initiatives focusing on "shared problems" between the developed and developing world fall short of effectively addressing animal disease constraints for the rural poor, as these constraints pose little risk to the developed world. Scientific contributions to poverty reduction from the affluent global community are based in self-interest, and amount to mere crumbs for the poor.