Veterinarians contribute to the health and wealth of countries in many ways: through improvement of agricultural production, research on animal and human diseases, the production of disease-free food, animal welfare, maintaining the health of companion animals and so on. We have a unique understanding of animals, as individuals and in groups. And as the message on the T-shirt of a veterinary student claims: Doctors treat only one species, Real doctors treat them all!

How could vets, given their unique view of animals, contribute to human health? This blog aims to comment on aspects of the human animal and human health from a veterinary point of view.