RESEARCH PROJECT For guardians who have had rats with mammary tumours

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hello again, everyone (after really long absence!)

I have received two emails, several months apart, from a thankfully persistent researcher who is looking for citizen participants in her research on preventing mammary tumours in rats. Ideally, your rat has had a mammary tumour and had it removed, so that the treatment in testing can be ascertained to prevent recurrence, but I think she is also fielding participants who would like to participate for tumour prevention, as well. It is a contraceptive treatment. She wrote to me from the UdeM Veterinary school at St. Hyacinthe, so anyone basically within 2-3 hours of Montreal may find it worthwhile to participate. Here is what she sent me; you can use Google Translate to communicate with her if you want, though obviously she also communicates in English.

Je vous contacte car je suis vétérinaire et je fais une un projet de recherche pour trouver un traitement contre les tumeurs mammaires des rats de compagnie. Si vous connaissez des personnes qui ont ce problème parmi les propriétaires de rats, n’hésitez pas à me contacter. Le traitement est à base d’implants contraceptifs insérés sous la peau et a fonctionné sans aucun effet secondaire chez une dizaine de rats jusqu’à présent. Dans le cadre de mon étude, les implants sont gratuits à la Faculté de médecine vétérinaire de Saint-Hyacinthe.

J’espère que cette information pourra vous être utile. Mon adresse email est [email protected]. N’hésitez pas à me contacter pour plus d’informations.

Bonne année 2016

So far, we are implanting rats to prevent recurrence of mammary tumors but the next step would be to implant them preventively and see if this implant can avoid development of the first mammary tumor. As part of the study, the mass analysis and implants are completely free and it could definitely help other rats to prevent this tumor, which is the most commonly seen in female rats.

If some owners are interested, please do not hesitate to contact me for more information.​

Claire Vergneau-Grosset, méd. vét., IPSAV (Médecine zoologique), Dipl. ACZM

Clinicienne - Médecine zoologique
Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal
3200 Sicotte, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC
J2S 2M2
CANADA
(450) 773-8521(poste 16079)
Vétérinaire Aquarium du Québec
 
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