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Osteosarcoma a painful and aggressive form of bone cancer is more common in larger dog breeds like Great Danes and Rottweilers, a study has confirmed.
Experts led from the University of Bristol analysed health data on 906,967 dogs to identify those breeds and characteristics that might increase the risk of the cancer.
The team found that larger, heavier dogs and those with longer legs and skulls are typically at a greater risk of developing osteosarcoma.
The findings could help pave the way to new therapies for dogs suffering from osteosarcoma, and may also inform treatments for the bone cancer in humans.
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Meghan loved her new dog. Bodhi had tall ears, striking brown eyes and a thick coat of white and oak-coloured fur and a ruff-like neck. The pair took long strolls on Sunday mornings and Meghan felt immensely proud of her new, adopted friend. Then the problems started. Meghan’s friends and family commented on how wolf-like Bodhi looked.
She wasn’t buying it, so Meghan paid for a dog DNA test from a company called Embark. “Turns out, I was the one that was wrong,” she says. Bodhi wasn’t just wolf-like, he was eight per cent wolf. For Meghan, who lives in Wisconsin, this was a problem. Laws around dog-wolf hybrids are complicated, differing from city to city and county to county.