Osteosarcoma in dogs

Measured in 5 breeds across 1 source. Figures are grouped by how they were measured, because those groups are not comparable with one another.

3.3%Highest recorded
5Breeds measured

1-year clinical

Share of dogs recorded with the condition in a single year of veterinary records.

Not a lifetime risk. A dog that develops this at age 9 is not counted in a year it was not diagnosed.

  • Scottish Deerhound

    clinical or cohort VetCompass osteosarcoma 2023, 2016 n = 905,552

    905,552 UK dogs under primary veterinary care in 2016

    3.3% 0.90% to 8.2%

  • Leonberger

    clinical or cohort VetCompass osteosarcoma 2023, 2016 n = 905,552

    905,552 UK dogs under primary veterinary care in 2016

    1.5% 0.41% to 3.8%

  • Great Dane

    clinical or cohort VetCompass osteosarcoma 2023, 2016 n = 905,552

    905,552 UK dogs under primary veterinary care in 2016

    0.87% 0.43% to 1.6%

  • Rottweiler

    clinical or cohort VetCompass osteosarcoma 2023, 2016 n = 905,552

    905,552 UK dogs under primary veterinary care in 2016

    0.84% 0.64% to 1.1%

  • Greyhound

    clinical or cohort VetCompass osteosarcoma 2023, 2016 n = 905,552

    905,552 UK dogs under primary veterinary care in 2016

    0.62%

Where these figures come from

  • VetCompass osteosarcoma 2023 Grade A

    O'Neill DG, Edmunds GL, Urquhart-Gilmore J, Church DB, Rutherford L, Smalley MJ, Brodbelt DC. Dog breeds and conformations predisposed to osteosarcoma in the UK: a VetCompass study. Canine Medicine and Genetics 2023;10:8.

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