Comparative Medicine and Translational Research: Going to the Dogs

Dogs, and particularly purebred dogs, also suffer from many other diseases that are high on the list of human health concerns: epilepsy, allergies, cataracts, and heart disease, not to mention bleeding disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and dementia. Dogs aren’t just living alongside us; they are suffering with the very same diseases and frequently dying like us, too. That dogs and humans have many shared health problems might not sound like good news, but it does present an opportunity for improving the health and health care of both species.