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Intestinal tumours account for less than 10% of all tumours in dogs and cats and 22% of gastrointestinal tumours in dogs and 35% in cats. Adenocardinoma/carcinoma is the most common malignant tumour in dogs and accounts for 17% of intestinal tumours in cats.
Signalment
- Dogs:
- Mean age: 6-9 years
- Minor male predisposition
- Large breeds may predominate particularly collies and German Sheperds
- Cats:
- Mean age: 10-12 years
- There are conflicting reports of whether there is a minor male predisposition
- Siamese may have a breed predisposition
==Description==(aetiology, pathogenesis etc)
- No organism or chemical agent has been identified that will induce spontaneous intestinal adenocarcinoma