SPIROCERCA LUPI IN DOGS
Dr Dave Miller, Johannesburg Specialist Veterinary CentreDr Liesel Van der Merwe , Onderspoort Veterinary Academic Hospital Spirocerca lupi [S lupi] is a worm that has dogs as its definitive host and forms a nodule [“granuloma”/mass] within the lower oesophagus (“slukderm”]. The wormIt is a large± 5cm long red worm that lives inside the oesophagus (slukderm) of …