Sniffing or licking other dogs’ genitalia – the common site of Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor – can spread this unusual cancer to the nose and mouth. A new research study has found that male dogs are four to five times more likely than female dogs to be infected with the oro-nasal form of Ca
A significant proportion of the nose or mouth tumors of canine transmissible cancer were found in male dogs. Credit: Jan Allen/ AMRRIC
Scientists believe this is because of behavioral differences between the sexes: male dogs spend more time sniffing and licking female dogs’ genitalia than vice versa. In this new study, the researchers reviewed a database of almost 2,000 cases of CTVT from around the globe and found that only 32 CTVT tumors affected the nose or mouth. Of these, 27 cases were in male dogs.
The disease occurs worldwide but is mostly linked to countries with free-roaming dog populations. Credit: Cameron Raw
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