| Spirocerca lupi | The oesophageal worm of dogs and other carnivores, a red spiruroid nematode that occurs in nodules in the wall of the oesophagus, stomach, and aorta of dogs, foxes, and wolves; intermediate hosts are various coprophagic beetles. Clinical symptoms occur only in very heavy infections, which are associated with oesophageal carcinomata in dogs and with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy. Origin: L., fr. G. Speira, coil, + G. Kerkos, tail; L. Lupus, wolf (05 Mar 2000) |
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