Golden Retriever And Cancer. While it mostly affects limbs a tumor can occur in the spine ribs or skull. Golden retrievers are the focus of the study due to their high prevalence of some of the most common canine cancers.
The tumor usually occurs in the front legs from where it spreads to other parts of the body. When studied in the lab genomic differences suggest that risk for some types of cancer is related to recent genetic mutations in North American Golden Retrievers. Keep him lean and healthy.
Neutering and the age at which a dog is neutered may affect the animals risk for developing certain cancers and joint diseases according to a new study of golden retrievers by a team of researchers at the University of California Davis.
These cancers in golden retrievers are the result of systemic problems and the only way to solve them is for some kind of systemic change. Avoid exposing your dog to any toxic chemicals. Osteosarcoma is not as common in Golden Retrievers as much as in some other dog breeds like Greyhounds Mastiffs Grade Dane. However it is still very much present.
