Spirocerca lupi

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]

Spirocerca lupi
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)
Synonyms[1]
Spiroptera sanguinolenta Rudolphi, 1819 Strongylus lupi Rudolphi, 1809