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Though the disease afflicts equine patients less frequently than canine patients, there are a handful of cancers particularly problematic for horses.
“You won’t find specialists in equine oncology,” said Rose Nolen-Walston, DVM, DACVIM. “Luckily, there just aren’t enough horses with cancer to keep them employed.”
It’s not that horses don’t get cancer, explains the Penn Vet internist and assistant professor based at New Bolton Center; it’s just that they get it a lot less than other species. So, when people ask, “Do horses get cancer?,” the answer is yes, but it’s not as common a concern as it is with, say, dogs or humans. Read more here »
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