Zoobiquity
By: Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers
Contributors: Bowers, Kathryn
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; A.A. Knopf
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780307593481
Subjects: Comparative Physiology; Animal Disease Models; Pathology; Comparative Psychology; Veterinary Pathology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Zoobiquity; title: The feint of heart (fainting); title: Jews and jaguars (cancer); title: Roar-gasm (sexuality and dysfunction); title: Zoophoria (substance abuse and addiction); title: Scared to death (sudden death); title: Fat planet (obesity); title: The koala and the clap (sexually transmitted diseases); title: Grooming gone wild (self-mutilation); title: Fear of feeding (eating disorders); title: Leaving the nest (animal adolescence); title: Dr. House, meet Dr. Doolittle.