... kill humans that nobody cares about. Hence the unstated general principle is false. II. ANIMALS IN COMAPRISON TO HUMANS GENETICALLY Narcolepsy - sleeping sickness - is a strange enough disease in humans, but the idea that dogs fall victim to it as well seems far fetched. Except that it's true - both Doberman pinschers and Labrador Retrievers can suffer from narcolepsy. Scottish Terriers can suffer from a type of haemophilia; English Springer Spaniels from anaemia, and Golden Retrievers from muscular dystrophy. A growing number of genetic diseases, that have similar or in some case exact parallels in man, are being discovered in animals. So far nearly 400 genetic diseases have been identified in dogs alone. Unlike humans who have 24 pairs of chromosome, dogs have 38, but because these are smaller, and all have their centromeres at one end, they are much harder than human chromosomes to distinguish. Dr Binns added: "The dog ...

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