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Humans without a spleen need to take special precautions to protect themselves from a serious infection.

Because dogs and cats tolerate removal of their spleens so well, splenectomy is a common treatment for tumors of the spleen.

In dogs, the most common tumor of the spleen is hemangiosarcoma.

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