This report was commissioned by the Department for International Development

Credits
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This report was commissioned by the Department for International Development (DFID) of the Government of the United Kingdom, on behalf of the Inter-Agency Group of Donors Supporting Research on Livestock Production and Health in the Developing World.

Authors' affiliations
B.D. Perry, veterinary surgeon, epidemiologist and coordinator, Epidemiology and Disease Control Project, ILRI, Nairobi.

T.F. Randolph, agricultural economist, Epidemiology and Disease Control Project, ILRI, Nairobi.

J.J. McDermott, veterinarian/epidemiologist, Epidemiology and Disease Control Project, ILRI, Nairobi.

K.R. Sones, consultant, StockWatch Ltd., Nairobi.

P.K. Thornton, systems analyst and programme coordinator, Systems Analysis and Impact Assessment Programme, ILRI, Nairobi.

The artworks on the cover and inside pages are composites of sketches held by the Tate Gallery, London.
©Tate,London 2002
The artworks by Henry Moore used in these composites are reprinted with permission from the Henry Moore Foundation, UK.
Those by Sir Sidney Nolan and Eric Gill are reprinted with permission from the Bridgeman Art Library, UK.

©2002 International Livestock Research Institute
All rights reserved. Dissemination of the information in this publication is encouraged by the authors and DFID; please use the following citation to give credit:

ISBN 92-9146-108-3

Correct citation: Perry B.D., Randolph T.F., McDermott J.J., Sones K.R. and Thornton P.K. 2002.Investing in animal health research to alleviate poverty. ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), Nairobi, Kenya. 148 pp.

This publication houses a CD-ROM version of the printed edition, plus: extensive appendices, a PowerPoint presentation summarising the report and the content of a companion publication, Mapping Poverty and Livestock in the Developing World.

The publication may also be found on the Websites of DFID and ILRI: www.dfid.gov.uk and www.ilri.org

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The artwork on cover and inside pages are composites of drawings held in the national collections of British art at the Tate Gallery, UK.
The artists and works depicted on the cover are:
Top row, left to right:
Thomas Gainsborough (1727 –88),Study of a Cow
British School, from Album of Drawings Mainly by Flaxman
British School,from Madeira and India Sketchbook (1833)
Henry Moore, Head [of a Sheep ](1974)
Henry Moore, Sheep with Lamb IV (1972)
British School, A Goat
Robert Hills (1769 –1844),detail from Studies of Cows
Henry Moore, Sheep and Lamb (1974)

Bottom and middle rows, left to right:
Robert Hills, detail from Studies of Cows
Robert Austin, Woman Milking Goat (1925)
Robert Hills, detail from Studies of Cows
Eric Gill, The Good Shepherd (1927)
Robert Hills, details from Studies of Cows
Sir Sidney Nolan, Rinder Subject I (1969)
Joseph Highmore (1692-1780),Side View of a Bull's Head
Sir Sidney Nolan, Rinder Subject III (1969)
Eric Gill, Swineherd (1925)
British School, Indian Coolie, Carrying a Basket
Joseph Highmore (1692-1780),Front View of a Bull's Head

The Good Shepherd (1927)by Eric Gill (1882 –1940)
©Courtesy of the artist's estate/Bridgeman Art Library
Swineherd (1925)by Eric Gill (1882 –1940)
©Courtesy of the artist's estate/Bridgeman Art Library
Rinder Subject I (1969)by Sidney Nolan (1917 –1992)
©Courtesy of the artist's estate/Bridgeman Art Library
Rinder Subject III (1969)by Sidney Nolan (1917 –1992)
©Courtesy of the artist's estate/Bridgeman Art Library
Head,Sheep with Lamb IV,and Sheep and Lamb by Henry Moore
Reproduced by permission of the Henry Moore Foundation