[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.62,0:00:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten years ago, Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.09,0:00:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got a phone call that\Nchanged my life. Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.90,0:00:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time, I was \Ncardiologist at UCLA, Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.85,0:00:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specializing in cardiac \Nimaging techniques. Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.29,0:00:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The call came from a veterinarian\Nat the Los Angeles Zoo. Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.82,0:00:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An elderly female chimpanzee Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.47,0:00:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had woken up with a facial droop Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.29,0:00:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the veterinarians were worried\Nthat she'd had a stroke. Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.63,0:00:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They asked if I'd \Ncome to the zoo Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.65,0:00:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and image the animal's heart Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.60,0:00:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look for a possible\Ncardiac cause. Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.29,0:00:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, to be clear, North American\Nzoos are staffed Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.93,0:00:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by highly qualified, \Nboard-certified veterinarians Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.06,0:00:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who take outstanding \Ncare of their animal patients. Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.73,0:00:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But occasionally, they do reach into \Nthe human medical community, Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.81,0:00:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly for some \Nspeciality consultation, Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.41,0:01:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was one of the lucky physicians\Nwho was invited in to help. Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.23,0:01:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a chance to rule out\Na stroke in this chimpanzee Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.74,0:01:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make sure that this gorilla \Ndidn't have a torn aorta, Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.80,0:01:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evaluate this macaw\Nfor a heart murmur, Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.59,0:01:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make sure that this California sea lion's\Nparicardium wasn't inflamed, Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.06,0:01:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in this picture, I'm listening\Nto the heart of a lion Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.31,0:01:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after a lifesaving, \Ncollaborative procedure Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.93,0:01:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with veterinarians and physicians Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.85,0:01:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we drained 700 cc's of \Nfluid from the sac Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.16,0:01:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which this lion's \Nheart was contained. Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.57,0:01:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this procedure, which I have\Ndone on many human patients, Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.38,0:02:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was identical, with the exception\Nof that paw and that tail. Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.73,0:02:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now most of the time, I was working\Nat UCLA Medical Center with physicians, Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.12,0:02:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discussing symptoms\Nand diagnoses and treatments Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.16,0:02:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for my human patients, Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.60,0:02:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but some of the time,\NI was working at the Los Angeles Zoo Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.68,0:02:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with veterinarians, discussing \Nsymptoms and diagnoses and treatments Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.12,0:02:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their animal patients. Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.75,0:02:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And occasionally, on \Nthe very same day, Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.84,0:02:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went on rounds at \NUCLA Medical Center Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.62,0:02:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the Los Angeles Zoo. Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.52,0:02:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's what started coming\Ninto very clear focus for me. Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.86,0:02:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Physicians and veterinarians\Nwere essentially taking care Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.17,0:02:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the same disorders in their \Nanimal and human patients: Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.34,0:03:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,congestive heart failure, brain tumors, Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.85,0:03:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leukemia, diabetes, \Narthritis, ALS, breast cancer, Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.10,0:03:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even psychiatric syndromes\Nlike depression, anxiety, Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.24,0:03:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compulsions, eating disorders\Nand self-injury. Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.79,0:03:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I've got a confession to make. Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.67,0:03:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though I studied comparative\Nphysiology and evolutionary biology Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.52,0:03:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an undergrad -- Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.60,0:03:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had even written my senior \Nthesis on Darwinian theory -- Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.14,0:03:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning about the \Nsignificant overlap Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.86,0:03:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the disorders of \Nanimals and humans, Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.59,0:03:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it came as a much needed \Nwake-up call for me. Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.31,0:03:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I started wondering,\Nwith all of these overlaps, Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.80,0:03:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how was it that I had never\Nthought to ask a veterinarian, Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.32,0:04:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or consult the veterinary literature, Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.84,0:04:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for insights into one \Nof my human patients? Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.17,0:04:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why had I never, nor had any of my \Nphysician friends and colleagues Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.32,0:04:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whom I asked, ever attended \Na veterinary conference? Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.33,0:04:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For that matter, why was \Nany of this a surprise? Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.44,0:04:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, look, every single physician\Naccepts some biological connection Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.59,0:04:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between animals and humans. Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.49,0:04:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every medication that we prescribe\Nor that we've taken ourselves Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.26,0:04:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we've given to our families\N Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.89,0:04:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has first been tested on an animal. Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.47,0:04:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's something very different Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.23,0:04:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about giving an animal a \Nmedication or a human disease Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.83,0:04:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the animal developing \Ncongestive heart failure Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.78,0:05:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or diabetes or breast cancer \Non their own. Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.32,0:05:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, maybe some of the surprise Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.96,0:05:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes from the increasing\Nseparation in our world Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.54,0:05:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the urban and the nonurban. Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.42,0:05:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we hear about these city kids Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.12,0:05:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who think that wool grows on trees Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.19,0:05:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that cheese comes from a plant. Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.26,0:05:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, today's human hospitals, Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.99,0:05:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,increasingly, are turning into these\Ngleaming cathedrals of technology. Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.81,0:05:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this creates a psychological\Ndistance between the human patients Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.72,0:05:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are being treated there Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.44,0:05:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and animal patients who\Nare living in oceans Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.93,0:05:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and farms and jungles. Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.45,0:05:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think there's an \Neven deeper reason. Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.56,0:06:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Physicians and scientists, we accept\Nintellectually that our species, Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.29,0:06:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homo sapiens, is merely \None species, Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.04,0:06:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no more unique or\Nspecial than any other. Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.51,0:06:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in our hearts, we don't \Ncompletely believe that. Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.57,0:06:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel it myself when I'm \Nlistening to Mozart Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.87,0:06:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or looking at pictures of the \NMars Rover on my MacBook. Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.27,0:06:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel that tug of \Nhuman exceptionalism, Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.81,0:06:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even as I recognize the \Nscientifically isolating cost Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.37,0:06:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of seeing ourselves as a\Nsuperior species, apart. Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.75,0:06:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'm trying these days. Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.98,0:06:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I see a human patient\Nnow, I always ask, Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.44,0:06:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do the animal doctors know\Nabout this problem that I don't know? Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.28,0:07:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, might I be taking better \Ncare of my human patient Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.74,0:07:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I saw them as a human\Nanimal patient? Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.86,0:07:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are a few examples of the \Nkind of exciting connections\N Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.10,0:07:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this kind of \Nthinking has led me to. Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.06,0:07:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fear-induced heart failure. Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.89,0:07:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Around the year 2000, Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.40,0:07:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human cardiologists "discovered"\Nemotionally induced heart failure. Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.90,0:07:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was described in a gambling father \Nwho had lost his life's savings Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.00,0:07:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a roll of the dice, Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.15,0:07:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a bride who'd\Nbeen left at the alter. Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.82,0:07:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it turns out, this \N"new" human diagnosis Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.46,0:07:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was neither new, nor\Nwas it uniquely human. Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.94,0:07:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Veterinarians had been diagnosing, \Ntreating and even preventing Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.87,0:08:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emotionally induced\Nsymptoms in animals Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.75,0:08:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ranging from monkeys to flamingos,\Nfrom to deer to rabbits, Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.65,0:08:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the 1970s. Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.97,0:08:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many human lives \Nmight have been saved Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.33,0:08:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if this veterinary knowledge\Nhad been put into the hands Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.94,0:08:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of E.R. docs and cardiologists? Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.06,0:08:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self-injury. Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.52,0:08:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some human patients \Nharm themselves. Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.65,0:08:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some pluck out patches of hair, Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.35,0:08:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,others actually cut themselves. Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.24,0:08:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some animal patients \Nalso harm themselves. Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.06,0:08:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are birds that \Npluck out feathers. Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.54,0:08:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are stallions that repetitively\Nbite their flanks until they bleed. Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.31,0:08:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But veterinarians have very specific\Nand very effective ways Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.48,0:09:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of treating and even\Npreventing self-injury Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.90,0:09:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their self-injuring animals. Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.69,0:09:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shouldn't this veterinary knowledge\Nbe put into the hands Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.73,0:09:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of psychotherapists and \Nparents and patients Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.46,0:09:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struggling with self-injury? Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.50,0:09:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Postpartum depression and \Npostpartum psychosis. Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.33,0:09:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, soon after giving birth, Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.47,0:09:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some women become depressed, Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.89,0:09:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes they become seriously \Ndepressed and even psychotic. Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.20,0:09:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They may neglect their newborn, Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.76,0:09:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in some extreme cases, Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.94,0:09:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even harm the child. Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.09,0:09:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Equine veterinarians also\Nknow that occasionally, Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.31,0:09:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a mare, soon after giving birth, Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.43,0:09:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will neglect the foal,\Nrefusing to nurse, Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.65,0:09:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in some instances,\Nkick the foal, even to death. Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.02,0:09:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But veterinarians have devised Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.82,0:10:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an intervention to deal with\Nthis foal rejection syndrome Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.30,0:10:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that involves increasing \Noxytocin in the mare. Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.56,0:10:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oxytocin is the bonding hormone, Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.95,0:10:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this leads to renewed interest, Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.64,0:10:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the part of the mare, in her foal. Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.06,0:10:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shouldn't this information Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.12,0:10:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be put into the hands of ob/gyn's Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.46,0:10:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and family doctors and patients Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.79,0:10:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are struggling with postpartum\Ndepression and psychosis? Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.31,0:10:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, despite all of this promise, Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.65,0:10:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unfortunately the gulf between\Nour fields remains large. Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.46,0:10:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To explain it, I'm afraid I'm going \Nto have to air some dirty laundry. Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.99,0:10:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some physicians can be real snobs Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.10,0:10:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about doctors who are not M.D.'s. Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.65,0:11:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about dentists and \Noptometrists and psychologists, Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.98,0:11:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but maybe especially animal doctors. Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.20,0:11:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, most physicians\Ndon't realize that it is harder Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.08,0:11:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get into vet school these\Ndays than medical school, Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.46,0:11:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that when we go \Nto medical school, Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.74,0:11:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we learn everything \Nthere is to know Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.36,0:11:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about one species, Homo sapiens, Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.48,0:11:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but veterinarians need to learn\Nabout health and disease Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.78,0:11:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in mammals, amphibians,\Nreptiles, fish and birds. Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.76,0:11:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I don't blame the vets\Nfor feeling annoyed Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.45,0:11:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by my profession's\Ncondescension and ignorance. Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.41,0:11:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's one from the vets: Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.15,0:11:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you call a veterinarian Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.56,0:11:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can only take \Ncare of one species? Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.42,0:11:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A physician. (Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.74,0:12:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Closing the gap has become \Na passion for me, Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.95,0:12:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm doing this \Nthrough programs Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.55,0:12:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Darwin on Rounds at UCLA, Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.69,0:12:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we're bringing animal experts \Nand evolutionary biologists Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.24,0:12:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and embedding them\Non our medical teams Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.39,0:12:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our interns and our residents. Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.33,0:12:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And through Zoobiquity conferences, Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.03,0:12:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we bring medical schools \Ntogether with veterinary schools Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.25,0:12:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for collabortive discussions Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.39,0:12:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the shared diseases and disorders\N Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.19,0:12:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of animal and human patients. Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.32,0:12:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At Zoobiquity conferences, Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.16,0:12:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,participants learn how treating\Nbreast cancer in a tiger Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.58,0:12:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can help us better treat breast cancer Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.54,0:12:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a kindergarten teacher; Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.85,0:13:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how understanding polycystic\Noveries in a Holstein cow Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.71,0:13:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can help us better take care Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.94,0:13:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a dance instructor \Nwith painful periods; Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.50,0:13:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how better understanding the \Ntreatment of separation anxiety Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.15,0:13:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a high-strung Sheltie Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.56,0:13:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can help an anxious young child\Nstruggling with his first days of school. Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.96,0:13:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the United States and now \Ninternationally, at Zoobiquity conferences Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.21,0:13:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,physicians and veterinarians check \Ntheir attitudes and their preconceptions Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.08,0:13:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the door and come \Ntogether as colleagues, Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.10,0:13:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as peers, as doctors. Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.96,0:13:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, we humans \Nare animals, too, Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.38,0:13:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's time for us physicians to embrace Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.84,0:14:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our patients' and our own animal natures Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.39,0:14:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and join veterinarians Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.53,0:14:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a species-spanning approach to health. Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.52,0:14:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it turns out, Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.73,0:14:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the best and \Nmost humanistic medicine Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.93,0:14:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is being practiced by doctors\Nwhose patients aren't human. Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.47,0:14:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the best ways \Nwe can take care Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.85,0:14:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the human patient is by \Npaying close attention Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.95,0:14:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to how all the other \Npatients on the planet Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.66,0:14:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live, grow, get sick and heal. Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.31,0:14:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.90,0:14:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause).