The last decade has witnessed a surge in the number of dedicated animal health CROs, labs and consulting organisations, pan-US and EU. In his paper, Vivek C of Beroe provides a cursory glance at the global animal health market, its chief constituents, R&D trends, outsourcing practices incorporated by large manufacturers and best sourcing approaches, across shared functions of human and animal health R&D divisions, such as toxicology and process-oriented functions such as data and project management.