Pete the Vet: The top ten cancers in pets and how to minimise their impact 

Prevention is difficult, but early diagnosis allows early treatment

Pete the Vet: In the past fifty years, pet deaths from trauma have been reduced by enforcing laws and changing behaviour 

All pets (like all people) have to die of something eventually, and the options are basically one of four possible causes: trauma, infectious disease, degenerative disease or cancer. 

In the past fifty years, pet deaths from trauma have been reduced by enforcing laws and changing behaviour so that pets are kept under more control (roaming dogs are seen less commonly than in the past). Medical advances, including vaccines and antibiotics, have significantly reduced the incidence of infectious diseases (caused by parasites, viruses and bacteria). This means that pets are more likely to live for longer than in the past, and they’re more likely to eventually die of the other two causes: degenerative diseases (ageing) and cancer.