A partial list of biomedical models in veterinary medicine

animal disease (model) animal affected human counterpart disease

Cardiovascular system diseases

hereditary lymphedema dog Milroy disease

elevated blood pressure mouse hypertension

atherosclerosis swine atherosclerosis

periarteritis nodosa cattle periarteritis nodosa

dissecting aneurysms turkey aneurysm

high-altitude disease cattle right ventricular hypertrophy

endocardial fibroelastosis dog endocardial fibroelastosis

heart failure dog congestive heart failure

congenital lymphatic edema swine lymphatic edema

Endocrine system diseases

diabetes mellitus Chinese hamster diabetes mellitus

antidiuretic-hormone deficiency mouse diabetes insipidus

polyuria Chinese hamster diabetes insipidus

congenital goitre cattle goitre

adrenal cortical hypertrophy dog hyperadrenocorticism

Snell's dwarf mouse thyrotropin deficiency

adenohypophyseal aplasia cattle adenohypophyseal aplasia

hyperinsulinism dog hyperinsulinism

familial "adiposity" mouse obesity

acetonemia cattle ketosis

early senility Syrian hamster aging

Gastrointestinal system diseases

esophageal achalasia dog achalasia

cleft palate horse cleft palate

gastric ulcer swine gastric ulcer

regional ileitis swine regional ileitis

granulomatosis colitis boxer dog ulcerative colitis

acute hemorrhagic colitis rabbit hemorrhagic colitis

megacolon mouse megacolon

pancreatitis dog pancreatitis

Liver diseases

viral hepatitis subhuman primate viral hepatitis

serum hepatitis horse transfusion hepatitis

Dubin-Johnson syndrome sheep Dubin-Johnson syndrome

congenital photosensitivity and hyperbilirubinemia Southdown sheep Gilbert syndrome

nonhemolytic hyperbilirubinemia rat Crigler-Najjar syndrome

pigmentary liver disease howler monkey hepatocellular melanosis

hepatorenal syndrome dog hepatorenal syndrome

hepatic coma horse hepatic coma

glycogen-storage syndrome dog von Gierke syndrome

Lantana camara poisoning sheep kwashiorkor

pyrrolizidine plant alkaloids cattle veno-occlusive disease

Hemopoietic system diseases

congenital erythrocytic porphyria (recessive) cattle congenital erythrocytic porphyria

congenital porphyria (dominant) cat erythrocytic porphyria

hereditary leukomelanopathy mink Chediak-Higashi syndrome

Pelger-Huët anomaly cattle Pelger-Huët anomaly

cyclic neutropenia dog cyclic neutropenia

Aleutian disease mink multiple myeloma

abnormal lipid in lymphoid tumours mouse Niemann-Pick disease

viral leukemia cat lymphocytic leukemia

multiple myeloma dog multiple myeloma

bialbuminemia swine bialbuminemia

hemophilia (factor VIII) dog hemophilia

factor VII deficiency dog factor VII deficiency

hemophilia-B-like disease dog Christmas disease

Hertwig's anemia mouse macrocytic anemia

malaria penguin malaria

in vitro sickling of erythrocytes deer sickle-cell anemia

Muscle diseases

hereditary muscular dystrophy chicken muscular dystrophy

polymyopathy Syrian hamster muscular dystrophy

muscular dysgenesis mouse prenatal muscle degeneration

nutritional muscular dystrophy sheep muscular dystrophy

paralytic myoglobinuria horse paroxysmal myoglobinuria

myoclonia congenita swine myotonia congenita

Nervous system diseases

cerebellar hypoplasia cat cerebellar hypoplasia

Nigropallidal encephalomalacia horse Parkinson disease

hydrocephalus rabbit hydrocephalus

leukoencephalosis mouse dystrophy of white matter

globoid leukodystrophy dog globoid leukodystrophy

grand-mal seizures gerbil epilepsy

lipodystrophy dog familial amaurotic idiocy

Scotty cramps dog neurogenic muscular cramps

milk fever cattle hypocalcemia

trembler mutation mouse tremours

hereditary ataxia calf ataxia

congenital myotonia goat myotonia

Eye and ear diseases

hereditary deafness cat deafness

cochlear degeneration mouse cochlear degeneration

hypoplasia of organ of Corti dog hypoplasia of organ of Corti

hereditary glaucoma rabbit glaucoma

inherited cataract cattle cataract

hereditary iridal heterochromia cattle iridal heterochromia

congenital retinal dysplasia dog retinal dysplasia

retinal dystrophy mouse pigmented retina

diabetic microaneurysms dog diabetic microaneurysms

Reproductive system diseases

toxemia of pregnancy guinea pig toxemia of pregnancy

prolonged gestation cattle prolonged gestation

uterine cystic hyperplasia mouse uterine cystic hyperplasia

prostatic hyperplasia canine prostatitis

cryptorchidism swine cryptorchidism

Respiratory system diseases

acute pulmonary emphysema cattle pulmonary emphysema

chronic pulmonary emphysema horse pulmonary emphysema

pulmonary adenomatosis cattle adenomatosis

pneumonia dog Hecht pneumonia

induced lung tumours mouse lung tumours

Skeletal system diseases

osteodystrophy primate fibrous osteodystrophy

familial osteoporosis dog osteogenesis imperfecti

senile osteoporosis mouse senile osteoporosis

achondroplasia rabbit dwarfism

intervertebral-disk syndrome dog disk luxation

hip dysplasia dog acetabular dysplasia

clubfoot mouse clubfoot

Skin diseases

baldness, male pattern stumptail macaque baldness, male pattern

albinism mouse albinism

genetic hypotrichosis cattle hypotrichosis

hyperkeratosis cattle hyperkeratosis

cutis hyperelastica dog Ehlers-Danlos disease

seborrheic dermatitis dog seborrheic dermatitis

impetigo dog impetigo

milia dog milia

Urinary system diseases

diabetes insipidus mouse diabetes insipidus

cystinuria blotched genet cystinuria

chronic interstitial nephritis dog uremia

cystic or absent kidneys rat cystic kidneys

renal amyloidosis mouse renal amyloidosis

cloisonné kidneys goat renal hemosiderosis