DETECTION OF SPIROCERCA LUPIFROM DOGS IN YASUJ, SOUTH OF IRAN

Abstract

Spirocerca lupi (Rudolphi 1809) esophageal nodules, aortic aneurysms andspondylitis. Clinical signs of infection are regurgitation, vomiting, weight loss, coughing, dyspneaand, rarely, reports the infection rate in dogs in Yasuj city, south of I In this study, 22 carcasses of dogs were examined for were examined macroscopically for carcass and placed in 10% formalin. In the parasitology laboratory, the nodules were opened and Spirocerca worms were removed and detected using a diagnostic key. that were studied in our study, 2 cases esophagus. Both of these nodules were examined and them. This infection rate is significant in dogs, and due to the lack of previous reports in this regard, we should pay attention to the life cycle of human infection in the region.