| Miabella:
We did consider the odds of two dogs in the same household, genetically unrelated and 8 years apart in age, both getting lymphoma in a short period of time. We discussed it with vets from both vet schools. While they agree it is suspicious they claim that after extensive research they can find no solid evidence of environmental causes for such conditions. That being said, our local vet says there are studies proving a link between ingestion of the chemicals in Roundup herbicide and the incidence of lymphoma in humans and animals. We don't use Roundup so if our dogs got into the stuff it had to be in open-space areas where we frequently hike. It would be hard to verify and difficult to prove any connection. It is scary since our primary local source of water also comes from that same open-space. We're concerned for any future pups we get but don't really feel there is much we can do. We've lived in the same area for over 30 years, had many dogs, and this is the first occurence of this issue. It's probably just bad luck and chance.  |