Comparative Medicine

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.

Provides an overview on the pathophysiology of common diseases in human and selected model animals Introduces new concepts in comparative medicine Critically discusses the need of animal experimental models for understanding the molecular mechanisms of human diseases

Autorentext
Prof. Erika Jensen-Jarolim is head of the Dept. of Pathophysiology of the Medical University Vienna. She holds an MD and is specialized in pathophysiology and immunology. Based on her active interest in comparative oncology she since 2008 is councilor of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna. Her research is dedicated to comparative strategies in order to simultaneously speed up diagnostic and therapeutic developments for human and animal patients, especially in the allergy and oncology fields.

Inhalt
1.Diseases of the Nervous System (Josef Finsterer, Monika Bradl).- 2.Diseases of the Circulatory System (Claudia Stöllberger, Ivo Volf).- 3.Diseases of the Kidneys (Renate Kain, Maximilian Pagitz).- 4.Diseases of the Gastrointestinal tract (Nicole Luckschander).- 5.Diseases of the Lung (Karin Hufnagl, Franziska Roth-Walter).- 6.Diseases of Skeleton and Bones (Wolfgang Sipos, Peter Pietschmann).- 7.Diseases of Reproduction (Christine Aurich, Isabella Ellinger).- 8.Diseases of the Endocrine System (Florian Zeugswetter).- 9.Diseases of Stress (Lisa-Maria Glenk).- 10.Diseases of Immunity (Franziska Roth-Walter, Erika Jensen-Jarolim).- 11.Diseases of the Skin (tba).- 12.Diseases of Viral infections (Reinhard Kirnbauer, Sabine Brandt, Edmund Hainisch).- 13.Diseases of Bacterial Infections (Gerold Stanek).-14.Diseases of Protozoal infections (Julia Walochnik).- 15.Diseases of Parasitic infections (Herbert Auer, Anja Joachim).- 16.Principles of Animal Law in Medicinal Research (Regina Binder).- 17.Ethics in Medical Research (Herwig Grimm).