Spirocerca lupi
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| Spirocerca lupi | |
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| Spirocerca lupi egg. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Spirocercidae |
| Genus: | Spirocerca |
| Species: | S. lupi |
| Binomial name | |
| Spirocerca lupi (Rudolphi, 1809) | |
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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]
