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Spirocerca lupi
Spirocerca lupi egg.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Nematoda
Class:
Chromadorea
Order:
Rhabditida
Family:
Spirocercidae
Genus:
Spirocerca
Species:
S. lupi
Binomial name
Spirocerca lupi
(Rudolphi, 1809)
Synonyms[1]
Spiroptera sanguinolenta Rudolphi, 1819
Strongylus lupi Rudolphi, 1809
Spirocerca lupi is a species of nematode.[2] In dogs, infestation can cause sarcoma of the esophagus.[3] Doramectin has been used against it.[4]
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^van der Merwe LL, Kirberger RM, Clift S, Williams M, Keller N, Naidoo V (June 2008). "Spirocerca lupi infection in the dog: a review". Vet. J. 176 (3): 294–309. doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.02.032. hdl:2263/9337. PMID 17512766.
^Ranen E, Lavy E, et al. (2004). "Spirocercosis-associated esophageal sarcomas in dogs. A retrospective study of 17 cases (1997-2003)". Vet Parasitol. 119 (2–3): 209–21. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.10.023. PMID 14746980.
^Lavy E, Harrus S, Mazaki-Tovi M, et al. (December 2003). "Spirocerca lupi in dogs: prophylactic effect of doramectin". Res. Vet. Sci. 75 (3): 217–22. doi:10.1016/S0034-5288(03)00115-2. PMID 13129670.
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milbemycin oxime (NexGard Spectra(®), Merial) in the prevention of adult Spirocercalupi establishment in experimentally infected dogs". Veterinary Parasitology...
leiomyosarcoma, and osteogenic sarcoma associated with the parasite Spirocercalupi. Nonlymphomatous stomach cancer is usually an adenocarcinoma, and nonlymphomatous...
using gastric lavage samples or gastroscopy. The esophageal worm (Spirocercalupi) is a bright red worm that causes nodules in the esophageal wall. Male...
common tapeworm of the cat, Taenia taeniaformis, causes cancer in rats. Spirocercalupi is associated with esophageal cancer in dogs, at least within the southern...
deeply sulcate. Abdominal sides are rounded. "On the life-history ofSpirocercalupi (Rudolphi, 1809), a nematode of dogs in India". Proceedings of the...
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