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Male dogs four times more likely to develop contagious cancer on nose or mouth than females

Sniffing or licking other dogs’ genitalia – the common site of Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour – can spread this unusual cancer to the nose and mouth. A new study has found that male dogs are ...
The Conversation

Male dogs are more likely to develop contagious nose cancer from sniffing other dogs’ genitals

Dog recovered from CTVT. Katherine Polak/ FOUR PAWS, Author provided (no reuse) Normally we don’t think of cancer as an infectious disease – but what if we told you there is a contagious cancer, ...
Newsweek

Dogs Can Get Cancer by Sniffing One Another’s Butts

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Dogs can contract cancer by doing one of their favorite things: ...
Inverse

Should you let your dog sniff other dogs’ butts? There may be a hidden risk

Normally we don’t think of cancer as an infectious disease — but what if we told you there is contagious cancer, thousands of years old? This cancer is not, however, caused by the transmission of a ...
Science Daily

Male dogs four times more likely to develop contagious cancer on nose or mouth than females

Sniffing or licking other dogs' genitalia -- the common site of Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour -- can spread this unusual cancer to the nose and mouth. Sniffing or licking other dogs' genitalia ...