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Israel Journal of Veterinary Medicine  Vol. 70 (4)  December 2015 www.ijvm.org.il 2
Editorial
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LAF (Israel Laboratory Animal Forum), an organization which supports and organizes the continuing
education of veterinarians and technicians working with laboratory animals has invited Prof. Barbara
Natterson-Horowitz to lecture on the 2
nd
of December in Rishon LeZion on the subject of the “Veterinary
transformation of Human Medicine”. I met Prof. Natterson-Horowitz in Prague at a veterinary meeting and I
am delighted that I was able to convince her to visit us in Israel and lecture on the subject of “Zoobiquity: Te
Astonishing Connection between Human and Animal Health”.
Prof. Natterson-Horowitz is a cardiologist in the UCLA Division of Cardiology and in the Department of
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. She also serves as a consultant to the Los Angeles Zoo. Her academic passion
is the evolutionary connection between human and animal bodies and minds. Te feld of study and enthusiasm
merges with the concept of “One Medicine”. Prof. Natterson-Horowitz has written a bestselling book in 2012
together with Kathryn Bowers, which has won a number of important acclaims.
Prof. Natterson-Horowitz has agreed to write a review article for our journal. It is an honor for us that she
has agreed to do so. In her article she reiterates the advantage of veterinarian experience and claims that by
“applying a comparative perspective to any biomedical question can generate novel hypotheses and spark creative
solutions to intractable challenges”. Veterinary Medicine is by nature a decidedly comparative feld putting
us into a very special situation in relation to our patients and medical science. I recommend everyone to read
her review article and you will see why everyone of us veterinarians can feel proud of our profession and our
contribution to medicine. Our education and experience in treating a wide range of animals gives us, according
to Prof. Natterson-Horowitz a special prospective in medicine.
I am also pleased that ILAF, in the spirit of the organization’s continuing professional education program
has invited Prof. Natterson-Horowitz to lecture. ILAF continues to be a beacon of light in its ability to give its
members, working with laboratory animals, the highest quality of continuing education by inviting experts from
all over the world to help expand, replenish and refresh their knowledge in the signifcant feld in which they are
responsible. To ILAF, its governing board and to its Chairman Dr. Amir Rosner, well done. May your example
be a light to other felds in veterinary medicine in Israel.
Te journal also has a broad variety of interesting articles covering varied felds of veterinary subjects
including bovine fertility, feline herpes virus infections. bovine mastitis, a porcine viral disease, imaging in ferrets,
Toxoplasmosis in ducks, hemophilia in dogs, Brucella in humans and two article on toxicology, one in a dog and
the other in sheep. An article on the morphological structure of the syrinx in the Sparrowhawk is an interesting
article that sheds light on how birds display their distinctive songs.
Tere is a lot for everyone to read. Te journal is improving and I once again encourage all to play a part to
the success of the Israel Journal of Veterinary Medicine by contributing an article, review or case report to our
journal bearing in mind our special role as veterinarians in the global feld of medicine.
From one proud veterinarian to another.
I wish our readers a pleasant winter and Seasons Greetings.
Trevor ( Tuvi a) Waner
Editor-in-Chief
Israel Journal of Veterinary Medicine
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