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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 43000" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>The treatment is to cut out the cancer, if real extreme remove the eye.</p><p></p><p>Had a long talk with the vet today about the subject.</p><p>He says that all breeds can get it even with full pigmentation, it's just less common with full pigmentation. The reason Herefords have a higher incidence is because more of them don't have full pigmentation.</p><p>He says that he has seen a lot more of it in the last 2 years around here but thinks it's because the cow herd is getting older because fewer heifers are being retained.</p><p>Now fo the genetic side. He thinks that probably there is a genetic correlation just as in humans with skin cancer but feels that the reason it runs more in a family/bloodline is because of the heretability of the pigmentation deal.</p><p>As a side, skin cancer in humans is a similar cancer to cancer eye in cows. He went into the scientific names and all that, but by then I was getting glazey eyed.</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 43000, member: 34"] The treatment is to cut out the cancer, if real extreme remove the eye. Had a long talk with the vet today about the subject. He says that all breeds can get it even with full pigmentation, it's just less common with full pigmentation. The reason Herefords have a higher incidence is because more of them don't have full pigmentation. He says that he has seen a lot more of it in the last 2 years around here but thinks it's because the cow herd is getting older because fewer heifers are being retained. Now fo the genetic side. He thinks that probably there is a genetic correlation just as in humans with skin cancer but feels that the reason it runs more in a family/bloodline is because of the heretability of the pigmentation deal. As a side, skin cancer in humans is a similar cancer to cancer eye in cows. He went into the scientific names and all that, but by then I was getting glazey eyed. dun [/QUOTE]
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