Archive for January 19th, 2007
World’s Poor Depend on Livestock But Little Aid for Vet Services
Saving Farmers’ Four-Legged Bank Accounts 
Stephen Leahy
Jan 19 (IPS) – Most of the world’s poor depend on livestock to survive, but international poverty reduction efforts devote little attention to the health of these animals, experts say.
Animal diseases not only decimate herds and flocks in Africa and Asia, they prevent the sale of animals into the growing markets for meat, milk, eggs and other animal products at home and abroad, according to a policy paper published Friday in the journal Science.
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