Comparative Medicine Disorders Linking Humans with Their Animals /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jensen-Jarolim, Erika (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Human physiology.; Internal medicine.; Animal physiology.; Animal models in research.; Life Sciences.; Animal Models.; Animal Physiology.; Human Physiology.; Internal Medicine.; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science.
• Physical Description: XIX, 230 p. 24 illus., 22 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319470078

This book highlights the most significant diseases for humans and their dogs, cats and horses. The examples discussed, which include allergies, osteoporosis, cancer and many more, illustrate that humans and their companion animals may in fact develop similar diseases. The reader - whether expert or interested lay - can thus directly compare between human and animal patients. The animal patient thereby represents a natural disease model, which besides the experimental models, is urgently needed to improve the therapeutic options for both humans and animals.