3. ANAMNESIS
• Animal was noticed of having a growth
in the vagina for the past 5 days
• Blood spotting wherever dog sits and
stands up
• Previously bred twice
• Last mating one month ago
4. GENERAL
INSPECTION
• General appearance: Normal
• Behaviour: Active & Alert
• Feeding habit: taking the routine
food given
• Urine and motion: Voided normally
• Abdominal palpation:
No abnormality detected
15. TRANSMISSIBLE VENEREAL
TUMOR(TVT)
Novinsky in 1876
Common neoplastic disease in
dog typically transmitted by
coitus
No heritable breed
predisposition
Histiocytic origin. Recent study
suggest an immature leucocytic
origin
17. LETS..DISCUSS.…
• Common in free roaming dogs with poor control of
reproduction
• Young, sexually mature animals
• TVT - abnormal number of chromosomes range from
57 to 64 with an average of 59 in contrast to the
normal of 78
• Sub-tropical to tropical urban areas
• Females
21. CLINICAL SIGNS
• Solitary Mass on the vaginal wall
with multiple nodules that are friable
in nature
• Deformation of external genitalia
• Cauliflower in shape, 4-7.5 cm in
diameter
• Reddish in colour, pedunculated,
papillary
• Abnormal oral odour
24. STAINS THAT CAN BE USED
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Harris Haematoxylin and Eosin
Wright-Giemsa (WG)
May-Grunwald-Giemsa
Leishman-Giemsa
PAP stain
New methylene blue
34. Effects of Vincristine
on Spermatogenesis..?
Male dog fertility…?
Testicular degeneration
Increase in sperm mid piece
and tail abnormalities
RECENT STUDIES-NOT
SUCH EFFECTS…!!!
Total sperm count decreased
to low values (<200 x106)
35. DOXORUBICIN
Produced by fungus
Streptomyces percetus var
caesius.
Mechanisms of action:
DOXORUBICIN (Adriamycin)
30mg/m 2 IV-for every
21 days.2 doses
1) intercalation between DNA
base pairs
and inhibition of DNA
topoisomerases I & II
2) Altering membrane fluidity and
ion transport
40. Intratumoral application of Calmette-Guérin's bacillus
(BCG) was used for three weeks with sporadic
success.
Biotherapy has unfortunately resulted in a high rate of
recurrence
41. I
• Staphylococcus
protein A, BCG or a
vaccine made fr om
tumor al cells.
• Recur rences
described after using
immunother apy.
44. REFERENCES
Canine and Feline Endocrinology and
Reproduction by Feldman and Nelson, W.B
Saunders,Third edition.924-927
Recent Advances in Small Animal
Reproduction, Concannon P.W., England G.,
Verstegen III J.and Linde-Forsberg C. (Eds.).
International Veterinary Information Service,
(www.ivis.org)
45. MY SINCERE THANKS to….
• Dr.RAJASUNDHARAM, Ph.D
• Dr.S.A.SRIDEVI, Ph.D
• Dr.CECILIA JOSEPH, Ph.D
Dept of ARGO