Contagious Canine Cancer?

[MC Sullivan]

Interesting but scary article. Clearly the article is lacking in details but on its face value it gives me another reason to avoid dog parks.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/201...prfacebook&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook

 

[Capri]

Transmissable veneral tumour - unless your dog's having happy days with strays and/or licking their genitalias, the chance is very small of your dog getting it. Plus it's easily treatable (unlike most cancers).

 

[MC Sullivan]

Good the know. That's why I posted it here. I figured people here would know more than the individual that wrote the article.

 

[R Taft]

Transmissable veneral tumour - unless your dog's having happy days with strays and/or licking their genitalias, the chance is very small of your dog getting it. Plus it's easily treatable (unlike most cancers).

"It's a common disease in street dogs all around the world," says geneticist Elizabeth Murchison at the University of Cambridge. "People in the U.S. and U.K. haven't heard of it because it's found mostly in free-roaming dogs in developing countries."

My dogs will still be socializing with othr dogs.......just as the quote says and bettina explains, it is mostly developing countries

 

[MC Sullivan]

My concern is that this will spread into the US because of the efforts of some rescue groups that rescue street dogs from Mexico and Puerto Rico. We actually have a rescue that does precisely that about 15 minutes from where we live. I believe in and support rescue (my posse are all rescues) but also think we should be aware of any potential consequence.