Human diseases and their parallels in companion animals: A partial summary.
Disease category or organ system | Specific disease | Species with recognized naturally occurring correlate | References |
Cancer | Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | Dogs, cats | (7, 12) |
Osteosarcoma | |||
Mammary carcinoma | |||
Melanoma | |||
Soft tissue sarcoma | |||
Musculoskeletal | Chronic osteoarthritis | Dogs, horses, rabbits | (23, 53, 54) |
Tendon injuries | Horses | (55) | |
Cruciate ligament injury | Dogs | (56) | |
Mandibular reconstruction | Dogs | (35, 36) | |
Spinal cord injury and disorders | Intervertebral disk herniation | Dogs | (27) |
Neural tube defects | Dogs | (29) | |
Genetic | Hemophilia | Dogs | (57) |
Narcolepsy | Dogs | (58) | |
SCID X-linked | Dogs, horses | (59) | |
Cleft palate | Dogs | (60) | |
Duchenne muscular dystrophy | Dogs | (61) | |
Lysosomal storage disease | Dogs, cats, cows, sheep goats | (62) | |
Skeletal disorders | Horses | (63) | |
Eye | Keratoconjunctivitis sicca | Dogs | (24) |
Immune or inflammatory | Inflammatory bowel disease | Dogs, cats | (64, 65) |
Chronic gingivostomatitis | Cats | (41) | |
Cardiovascular | Dilated cardiomyopathy | Dog | (47) |
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | Cats | (44) | |
Arythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy | Dogs | (46) |