People may not suffer from mange and dogs don't get whooping cough; but animals and people do share plenty of other ailments. We'll hear from a cardiologist who believes doctors would serve their patients better if they'd just spend more afternoons at the zoo.

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Part Two of The Current

Zoobiquity with Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

It's an old joke in the veterinary community: What do you call a vet who treats only one species? A doctor! Traditionally, physicians have focused solely on human patients. But Barbara Natterson-Horowitz likes to mix it up. She's a cardiologist and psychiatrist. You might find her performing procedures at the UCLA Medical Centre in the morning... and at the zoo in the afternoon.

She's just co-written a book called Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz was in our Washington, D.C. studio.

Other segments from today's show:

• Syria and International Arms Sales
• Saudi Women Barred from Olympics