TUMOR VENÉREO TRANSMISSÍVEL (TVT) CANINO: epidemiologia, diagnóstico e terapêutica

Abstract

The present work had as central theme: "Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor (TVT): epidemiology, diagnosis and therapy". The research aimed to perform a literature review gathering information on the subject, clinical findings, epidemiology, diagnosis and therapy. TVT is classified as one of the most frequent neoplasms in dogs, especially in those that are semi-domesticated, wandering and not castrated. It is a round cell or mesenchymal neoplasm, which happens through the transplantation of tumor cells during mounting, excessive licking or between animals that are carriers of the neoplastic cell or susceptible. The definition of the diagnosis is through the clinical history of the animal, the clinical signs presented by him, cytological and/or histopathological analysis. Regardless of TVT not being a zoonosis, it is a disease that is easily transmitted and the animal can develop secondary contaminations, debilitating it. Population control of dogs in urban areas, through castrations, is considered essential to reduce the concentration of stray animals. In addition, the treatment of choice is based on chemotherapy with vincristine sulfate, an effective drug for this disease, with no relapses, unlike surgical treatment, which is not the most indicated, because there is a high percentage of relapses.