| Spaying really decreases the possibilities of a | | | | New research demonstrates that pre-malignant |
| female dog developing this state. In those females | | | | breast cancer cells in dogs are close to those in |
| spayed before their first heat cycle, breast | | | | humans. |
| cancer is very, very uncommon. The risk of | | | | Scientists at the Purdue University School of |
| malignant mammary tumors in dogs spayed | | | | Veterinary Medicine, in Indiana, have exposed that |
| before their first heat is 0.05%. It is 8% for dog | | | | benign mammary intraepithelial lesions, which could |
| spayed following one heat, and 26% in dogs | | | | cause breast cancer, are comparable in dogs and |
| spayed after their second heat. It is supposed | | | | humans. |
| that the elimination or decrease of certain | | | | Since our animals have shorter lives than we do, |
| hormonal factors leads to the lowering of | | | | cancer could be discovered in them sooner. And |
| occurrence of the disease in dogs that have been | | | | since environmental problems are the same for |
| spayed. These factors would most likely be | | | | animals and people, we could employ them as |
| estrogen, progesterone, a hormone alike or | | | | models, kind of like the "canary in the coal mine," |
| perhaps a mixture of two or more of these. | | | | informing us of risk factors that we ought to pay |
| Mammary gland tumors are widespread in the | | | | attention as well. |
| dog, and surgery to get rid of cancerous | | | | While a veterinarian ought to observe your pet |
| mammary glands, called a mastectomy, is a | | | | yearly, you could do a physical exam on your pet |
| regularly completed procedure in veterinary | | | | weekly or monthly as well. Have your pet lie on |
| medicine. Male dogs almost never get mammary | | | | their side on the floor while you check for lumps, |
| tumors; additionally, female dogs that have been | | | | or have them sit in your lap while someone else |
| spayed before their first heat cycle hardly ever | | | | checks them over. |
| get breast cancer. | | | | A number of signs of mammary cancer are |
| The majority mammary tumors in cats are | | | | abnormal swellings that persevere or develop |
| malignant. In dogs, lots of mammary tumors are | | | | larger; sores that won't cure; weight loss or loss |
| less aggressive. But regardless of what, the mass | | | | of appetite and bleeding or discharge from any |
| needs to be checked by your vet. | | | | body opening. |