Genetic counseling in veterinary medicine: towards an evidence-based definition for the small animal practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In human medicine, questions regarding heritable disorders are dealt with by clinical geneticists and genetic counselors and both the field, their roles and the tools they use are well-defined. Even though the prevalence of diseases is far higher and scientific literature agrees on expectations towards an increased importance, this does not seem to be the case in veterinary medicine. While we hypothesize that there will be an overlap, some characteristics uniquely linked to veterinary medicine might not be covered.

Methods

To investigate this in-depth and in an attempt to define the field, we compared the internationally accepted definitions and its subparts on genetic counseling in human medicine with what is found in veterinary literature and what was seen in ca

SUBMITTER: Adant L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11846242 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature