HUMAN CHRONOME RESEARCH AT THE SERVICE OF VETERINARY-MEDICINE - A LEGACY OF HALBERG,ERNA

The time has come for humans to return the debt to the many non-human species that were studied for the sake of humanity and to extend the m otto of ''doing unto oneself first what eventually is to be done to ot hers'' when the ''others'' are the patients of veterinarians. As physi ologic monitoring benefits from advances in hardware and software, muc h chronobiologic information can be obtained on the chronomes of the d ifferent species cared for by veterinarians for a new health care focu sing on prevention, implemented perhaps by recognizing and treating ea rliest rhythm alteration rather than merely the fact of overt disease.