Barbara Natterson-Horowitz: What veterinarians know that doctors don't

Question 1

Vets and physicians working together

Answer 1

Barbara states that she has taken on tasks such as chimpanzees, macaws, lions to aid the vets

Question 2

Emotionally induced heart failure example

Answer 2

in 2000
emotionally induced heart failure was discovered turned out not to be new or just human as vets had been diagnosing, treating, and preventing this since 1970s

Question 3

Self injury example

Answer 3

Humans sometimes injury themselves such as plucking out patches of hair

Birds that pluck feathers
- vets have ways of preventing and treating self injury

Question 4

Post partem example

Answer 4

Sometimes moms go through depression and “ reject” their babies.

Vets have seen this in horses and have giving oxytocin injections to help the mare and baby relationship