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A Species-Spanning Approach to Health

“Full of fascinating stories…” —Atul Gawande, M.D.

“Fascinating reading…” —Temple Grandin, Ph.D.

“Provocative…” —Carl Zimmer, author and science writer

“After finishing, you’re guaranteed to never look at your dog, cat, or any other animal the same way again.” —Publisher’s Weekly

 

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A Discover Magazine BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

AAAS/Science Book Award Finalist

An O., The Oprah Magazine, Summer Reading Pick

 

We may think our problems are uniquely human. But animals and humans get the same diseases. How might we better understand human health and illness if we harnessed knowledge from veterinarians, the doctors that take care of other animals? Zoobiquity explores how jaguar breast cancer, dolphin diabetes, flamingo heart attacks, canine PTSD—and more—are transforming human medicine.

ZOOB FACTS TO PONDER

Animals have their own obesity epidemic

The obesity epidemic has struck our companions on the other side of the species divide. Tortoises...

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ZOOB FACTS TO PONDER

Animals have their own obesity epidemic

The obesity epidemic has struck our companions on the other side of the species divide. Tortoises are becoming so fat they can’t pop their heads in and out of their shells. Veterinarians have a new nickname for overweight birds: perch potatoes. Nearly 50% of cats and dogs are overweight or obese. Some pet dogs have received liposuction and lapband surgery when the extra flab threatened to snap their spines. The Catkins Diet—the veterinary version of the high-protein/low-carb Atkins diet— has helped many felines slim down. As physicians battle obesity in their human patients, they have much to learn from veterinarians who have slimmed down grizzly bears and giraffes, and who know this: what an animal weighs says as much about its social and physical environment, as its “will-power” and personal diet/exercise regimen.

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by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD & Kathryn Bowers
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