CattleAnnie
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These last couple of years have started to notice a higher occurance of cancer eye in cattle that have dark pigment around the eye. Anyone else seeing more of this or are we just lucking out?
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dun":30gcyhzm said:Is it in a particular bloodline, or is your cow herd getting to be on average older? I've only seen it in solid black cows myself. Although it's generally assumed to be a lack of pigmentation, I wonder if it isn't more of a genetic thing and some of the none pigmented animmals were more of a carrier then anything else.
Just an idea.
dun
Vicki the Vet":2c8ou5d9 said:Cancer eye, or squamous cell carcinoma, is found in several species including cats and cattle more commonly on skin which is unpigmented. It can also be found on vulvas and other areas. It, and many cancers, has a genetic component in that certain lines, whether pigmented or not, seem to have a directly heritable predisposition. I can name a couple of lines of Simmentals which have an incredible amount of cancer in the line--mostly SCC but also ovarian carcinoma etc.
On a tangent, the skin cancer most commonly known in humans is melanoma, a different tumour.
dun":2kp50qfw said:I got a couple of things twisted around the axles. The link between cancer eye and skin cancer is UV. The human cancer that is similar is oat cell carcinoma. He explained ho they're similar, but as usual I got buried by the technical terms. After all I'm just an uneducated hick. No offense meant to any other "hicks" out there
dun
hillbilly":3jets3wd said:dun":3jets3wd said:I got a couple of things twisted around the axles. The link between cancer eye and skin cancer is UV. The human cancer that is similar is oat cell carcinoma. He explained ho they're similar, but as usual I got buried by the technical terms. After all I'm just an uneducated hick. No offense meant to any other "hicks" out there
dun
None taken, I believe it can also be spread from cow to cow at the feed trough???? True or just a "hick" tale?
Hillbilly
dun":1203gp4i said:hillbilly":1203gp4i said:dun":1203gp4i said:I got a couple of things twisted around the axles. The link between cancer eye and skin cancer is UV. The human cancer that is similar is oat cell carcinoma. He explained ho they're similar, but as usual I got buried by the technical terms. After all I'm just an uneducated hick. No offense meant to any other "hicks" out there
dun
None taken, I believe it can also be spread from cow to cow at the feed trough???? True or just a "hick" tale?
Hillbilly
Seems that would be about getting pregnant from a toilet seat.
Did I ever tell you the one about my cousin Ima??
Hillbilly
dun