在脓胞肿瘤出现大量的蛆寄生后，袋獾的面部会严重畸形，使下颚的牙齿突出、无法咬合，染病的袋獾会先把致命肿瘤传染给其他个体，最后才挨饿而死。
Pustulant tumors that become infested with maggots deform their faces, forcing teeth from their jaws. The devils eventually starve, but not before passing on the virulent cancer.
致命的并不是原发肿瘤，而是在身体其他部位的继发。
It is not the primary tumour that kills, but secondary growths elsewhere in the body.
在世界各地的大多数犬类身上都有发现CTVT，科学家认为它与澳大利亚濒危动物袋獾身上见到的一种传染性的、但更加致命的肿瘤相似。
Found in most canine breeds throughout the world, the scientists think CTVT is very similar to the transmissible but more fatal cancer seen in the endangered Tasmanian devils of Australia.
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