Epidemiology of canine mammary tumours on the Canary Archipelago in Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mammary gland tumours are the most frequently diagnosed tumours in the female dogs but just a few studies have analysed their epidemiology. Therefore, we set out to describe the epidemiology of canine mammary cancer in the Canary Archipelago, Spain. We analysed a pathology tumour registry (PTR) and identified 7362 samples obtained from 5240 female dogs resident on the Canary Archipelago during an 18-year period (2003-2020). Using a case-control study design, we compared mammary tumour affected dogs with the Canarian canine population registry in order to elucidate the breed associations for these tumours.

Results

The frequency of a diagnosis of mammary tumours relative to all tumour diagnoses in female dogs decreased during the study period from 62.7% to 48.9%. Co

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277912 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature