Zoobiquity: Connecting Health in Animals and Humans - Barbara Natterson

What does the flamingo's heart attack, the dolphin's diabetes, and the koala's chlamydia mean for human health? Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers are coauthors of Zoobiquity, a book that explores how animal and human commonality can be used to diagnose, treat, and heal patients of all species. "Zoobiquity" is the term the authors have coined to refer to a new, species-spanning approach to health. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz is a cardiac consultant for the Los Angeles Zoo and a member of the zoo's Medical Advisory Board. She is Director of Imaging at the UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center and a professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Kathryn Bowers has written and edited fiction and nonfiction books and articles and taught writing at UCLA. She began her career in journalism as a staff editor of the Atlantic Monthly and worked for CNN-International in London. She later served as an assistant press attach at the United States Embassy in Moscow. Part of the One Health Lecture Series.