ZOOBIQUITY: A Species-Spanning Approach to Medicine
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 08:30
in Health & Medicine
The same type of breast cancer commonly seen in women is also diagnosed in tigers, beluga whales, and llamas. Cognitive and memory impairment syndrome is on the rise among elderly dogs and shares many features with human Alzheimer's disease. There is tremendous overlap between the diseases of human and non-human animals. The 2013 Zoobiquity Conference will bring together leaders in human and animal medicine treating the same diseases in different species.