Tumors in Domestic Animals, 6th Edition

Donald J. Meuten (Editor), John S. Munday (Editor) 

ISBN: 9781119903079

Wiley-Blackwell

August 2026

1280 pages

Description

Fully updated new edition of the most comprehensive reference on veterinary tumor pathology in domestic animals 

Tumors in Domestic Animals, Sixth Edition is the authoritative reference on veterinary tumor pathology.  The book focuses on diagnostics, the biologic behavior of animal cancers, and oncogenesis. The sixth edition includes current advances in research and diagnostics, and hundreds of new full-color images to aid in identification and prediction of tumor behavior. Logically organized for ease of use, the neoplastic and non-neoplastic tumors in each system are listed and the relevant clinical and diagnostic features provided, differential diagnoses are included, and each chapter is superbly illustrated allowing readers to quickly locate relevant information. 

There are many new authors, and seven new chapters are included allowing easier access to information regarding parameters to evaluate tumors, melanocytic, and odontogenic tumors,  as well as tumors of the heart, pancreas, spleen and thymus, and serosa. A companion website offers figures for downloading in PowerPoint. 

Topics discussed in Tumors in Domestic Animals include: 

• System by system overview of cancer, including cytology, histology, immunohistochemistry, trimming, parameters used to evaluate, and behavior of tumors

• Epithelial, non-epithelial, and melanocytic tumors of the skin and oral cavity

• Tumors of bone, joints, skeletal muscle and the respiratory and alimentary tracts

• Tumors of the liver and gall bladder, urinary, genital, and nervous systems, mammary gland, eye and ear

• Appendices summarize the key diagnostic and prognostic information for aggressive tumors seen frequently in dogs and cats 

Tumors in Domestic Animals is an essential up-to-date reference on cancer of domestic animals designed for veterinary pathologists, oncologists, and residents.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors, vii

Preface, ix

Notes to Reader, xiii

About the Companion Website, xiv

1 An Overview of Molecular Cancer Pathogenesis: Diagnostic and Prognostic applications, 1

2 Specimen Submission Trimming, and Communication, 27

3 Immunohistochemistry: Fundamentals and Applications in Oncology, 44

4 Parameters to Evaluate Neoplasms

5 Epithelial Tumors of the Skin, 88

6 Mesenchymal Tumors of the Skin and Soft Tissues, 142

7 Tumors of Melanocytic Origin, 176

8 Mast Cell Tumors, 176

9 Tumors of the Hematolymphoid System, 203

10 Canine and Feline Histiocytic Diseases, 322

11 Tumors of Joints, 337

12 Tumors of Bone, 356

13 Tumors of Muscle, 425

14 Tumors of the Heart, 425

15 Tumors of the Respiratory Tract, 467

16 Tumors of the Alimentary Tract, 499

17 Tumors of the Exocrine Pancreas, 499

18 Odontogenic tumors and cysts of the jaw, 499

19 Tumors of the Liver and Gallbladder, 602

20 Tumors of the Spleen and Thymus, 602

21 Tumors of the Urinary System, 632

22 Tumors of the Female and Male Reproductive Systems, 689

23 Serosal and Retroperitoneal Tumors, 689

24 Tumors of the Mammary Gland, 723

25 Tumors of the Endocrine Glands, 766

26 Tumors of the Nervous System, 834

27 Tumors of the Eye, 892

28 Tumors of the Ear, 923

Appendix: Diagnostic Systems and Algorithms, 1203

Index, 1249

About the Author

DONALD J. MEUTEN, DVM, PHD, Diplomate ACVP, is Professor Emeritus at the College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

JOHN S. MUNDAY, BVSc, PHD, DSc, Diplomate ACVP, is Professor of Veterinary Pathology at the School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.