Grant Amount: $42,128

Dr. Ted Valli, DVM, University of Illinois

July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2012

Sponsor(s): Akita Club of America, Inc., American Belgian Tervuren Club, Inc., American Bullmastiff Association, American Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club Charitable Trust, American Sealyham Terrier Club, Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America, Briard Club of America Health & Education Trust, Collie Health Foundation, Dr. William Newman, Flat-Coated Retriever Foundation, German Wirehaired Pointer Club of America, Golden Retriever Foundation, Hoffman Miniature Schnauzer Donor Advised Fund, Irish Setter Club of Milwaukee, Inc., Jeffrey Pepper, Labrador Retriever Club, Orthopedic Foundation for Animals, Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of America, Portuguese Water Dog Foundation, Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of the United States, Rottweiler Health Foundation, Scottish Terrier Club of America, Skye Terrier Club of America, Starlight Fund, Welsh Terrier Club of America, Inc.

Disease(s): Lymphoma

Abstract

Background: Lymphoma is the most common canine cancer treated by chemotherapy and a most common neoplasm that afflicts dogs of all breeds and ages. Many of the malignancies that occur in dogs are like those that occur in humans, especially for the tumors of the lymphoid system. The World Health Organization has devised a new system of recognizing and categorizing the many subtypes of lymphoid tumors with very different characteristics that must be considered in providing effective treatments. Currently lymphomas in dogs are treated as if they are all of the same type, but we now find that like those in humans the canine lymphomas are of many types that also benefit from specific identification and treatment. Objective: The goal of this study is to demonstrate that veterinary diagnosticians can effectively apply the human criteria to the canine tumors and thus permit much more effective treatment by veterinary oncologists. This application will alter costs of treatment according to tumor type and increase survival in animal companions that share our lives and environments.

Publication(s)

- Valli, Ve, Myint, Ms, Barthel, A, Bienzle, D, Caswell, J, Colbatzky, F, Durham, A, Ehrhart, Ej, Johnson, Y, Jones, C, Kiupel, M, Labelle, P, Lester, S, Miller, M, Moore, P, Moroff, S, Roccabianca, P, Ramos-Vara, J, Ross, A, Scase, T, Tvedten, H and Vernau, W (2010) Classification of Canine Malignant Lymphomas According to the World Health Organization Criteria. Veterinary Pathology Online. 10.1177/0300985810379428 http://vet.sagepub.com/content/early/2010/09/21/0300985810379428.abstract