Why Scientists Love to Study Dogs (and Often Ignore Cats)<br />“We could have a Chihuahua cat and a Great Dane cat,” although, she said, “I think that would be a little dangerous.”<br />She said research funds are much harder to obtain for cats, even though cats are superior<br />to other animals for studying some diseases, like polycystic kidney disease, or PKD.<br />Dr. Megquier likes dogs, but is, by her own account, “definitely a cat person.”<br />Dr. Karlsson said that there are good reasons dogs are studied so intensively.
