@article{Ugochukwu_Agina_Omeke_Aneke_Adamu_Ajayi_Ibrahim_Njoku_Sackey_Ihedioha_2020, title={An appraisal of Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour with emphasis on molecular biology and pathology}, volume={50}, url={https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjvm/article/view/243251}, abstractNote={<p><span class="fontstyle0">Canine transmissible venereal tumour (CTVT) is a contagious tumour of dogs, transmitted via coitus or coital<br>behaviour which in some cases spreads by metastasis but primarily, CTVT appears as reddish soft nodules or papilla,<br>protruding from the surface of the penis, prepuce, vagina and vulva but sometimes appears in locations outside the<br>genitals. There was early evidence of CTVT more than 10,000 years ago and this disease has been reported in at least<br>90 countries across the continents of the world, especially in third world countries, where there are high numbers of<br>stray dogs. CTVT natural infection occurs only in dogs but this disease can be experimentally inoculated into other<br>species of the family, </span><span class="fontstyle2">Canidae</span><span class="fontstyle0">. Macroscopic lesions are mainly cauliflower-like, papillary or multilobulated which most<br>times immunologically regress but occasionally may progress to malignancy. Due to the uniqueness of this tumour in<br>its transmission, broad geographical, sex and breed distribution and because CTVT is the world’s oldest known<br>neoplasm, this disease has attracted great global research interest. Diagnostic techniques including clinical examination,<br>histopathology, cytology, immunohistochemistry, cytogenetic, computer tomographic imaging and molecular<br>diagnostic methods such as Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have been invaluable in the diagnosis of CTVT. Therefore,<br>this review casts a searchlight on the aetiology, structure, epidemiology, disease status, transmission, pathogenesis,<br>molecular biology, macroscopic and microscopic pathology, immunology, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and control<br>of this unique tumour.</span> </p>}, number={1}, journal={The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine}, author={Ugochukwu, Iniobong Chukwuebuka Ikenna and Agina, Onyinyechukwu Ada and Omeke, Jacinta Ngozi and Aneke, Chioma Inyang and Adamu, Lawan Fatima and Ajayi, Olusola Lawrence and Ibrahim, Najume Dogowar Giginya and Njoku, Celestine Ibe and Sackey, Anthony Kojo Beku and Ihedioha, John Ikechukwu}, year={2020}, month={Jun.}, pages={1–12} }