ANIMAL SECRETS THAT HOLD KEYS TO HUMAN HEALTH.

The interaction between animals and man cannot be overemphasized,we live with some as pets,some are a source of income,while many are sources of good protein and other nutrients for the body. Animals also act as reservoir for most of pathogenic agents that cause diseases in man.65% of diseases affecting man are of animal origin,so its only logical that emphasis on proper animal health will result in improved human health. Animal characteristics ,behavior and nature can shed light on mechanism of certain disorders in man.Dr Alison Woollard in his lecture titled life fantastic,said certain creatures help explain where life comes from and how we grow and age. Dr Woollard,talks about how study of a particular type of fish could give us clues about sleep disorder inn man. Here,look at what he said about sleep disorder, Our biological clock - is an internal mechanism which regulates almost every aspect of our physiology and behavior. One of the ways in which it does this in humans is by exposure to the light/dark cycle of day and night, without which our internal clock becomes out of sync with the external world. So what would happen to our body's everyday routine, if we lived in a pitch black cave? Many cave dwelling creatures like this blind Mexican cave fish are pale and lack eyes Blind Mexican cave fish live in complete darkness their entire lives, and yet they have still developed an internal body clock that helps to govern their feeding patterns. By identifying and understanding the genes which control their body clocks we may be able to shed light on how our genetic makeup contributes to our internal 'clock' and better understand sleep disorders.