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Abstract The subject of tumors is of cocern to the veterinarian. becouse’e nuQh of h s ork Is with tit new growths lie must be aware o ttne d. I egrios.i s , sit, and treatment of t.he tumours w i th which he comes in contact Although the word tumour means swellings, it is not follow that all swellings are tumours, Many swell ings ay be tumuor- like, e..g. cold abscesses, chronic inflammation, haematocysts (heematomas), parasitic nodules and masses of intraabdominai fat necrosis. Most of these processes develop for a time and then may be subsided after t,herapeutc treatments. Tumours, on the contrary, continue to grow for long times because the newly formed cells in them give rise to generation after generation of their own k md and usual .1 y not sensi L ye for therapeuL to treatments - it is we I I to remember that tuinours (ri,opiasms> have no dcii. el te o ize , shape cc loiir or (:Ofl3isLcflCy - everA . location, t . (c i S blood supply, rate of growth and length of Lime the tumour hs been present, i nfl. uenec tho mac roocop i appearance of the neop lasm The incidence f nep I as i a varies greatly wi Lb the species., breed sex and age of the affected animal. |