Occurrence, clinico-Haemato-biochemical and histopathological studies on mammary gland tumor in geriatric dogs

Mammary gland tumor was recorded in 18.2% of female geriatric dogs of Jammu. Grossly, red, purple or flesh color, irregular shaped, soft and hard masses, firmly attached to the skin on different pairs of teats were recorded in affected dogs. On histopathological examination, all the six cases of mammary gland tumor were identified as adenocarcinoma i.e. 100% mammary tumors were found to be malignant. Haemato-biochemical profile of the affected dogs revealed significantly (P