“Zoobiquity” is a term created by the book’s authors, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D. and Kathryn Bowers, that joins the cultures of human and animal medicine. Dr. Natterson-Horowitz is a human cardiologist, at the UCLA Medical Center, who was approached by the chief veterinarian of the Los Angeles Zoo to discuss a case involving an emperor tamarin heart failure. This interaction sparked a curiosity in Dr. Natterson-Horowitz: the connection between animal and human disease and physiology. In this book, Zoobiquity, Dr. Natterson-Horowitz explores various fields of medicine and compares them between human and veterinary practice. The authors examine the correlation of the two through topics, such as cancer, heart attacks, addiction, sexuality, weight-loss/gain, and other medical situations commonly seen in humans. Through Dr. Natterson-Horowitz’s narration, readers will be opened to a new perspective on medicine; one where veterinary and human medicine are not as distinct as it may currently seem.
