mouth, esophagus, stomach

Question 1

common name for spirocerca lupi

Answer 1

esophageal worm or gullet worm

Question 2

location of spirocerca lupi

Answer 2

esophagus and rarely the stomach of dog, fox wolf, cat, coyote, etc

Question 3

superfamily of spirocerca lupi

Answer 3

spiruroidea

Question 4

physical characteristics of spirocerca lupi

Answer 4

• blood red in color, coiled

- large, stout worms

Question 5

spirocerca lupi eggs

Answer 5

small, thick-walled, LARVATED

Question 6

whats the difference between intermediate host and paratenic host?

Answer 6

intermediate host is necessary for the larvae to mature and paratenic hos is not necessary

Question 7

arthropod intermediate host of spirurids

Answer 7

usually a coprophagou beetle (dung beetle)

Question 8

prepatent period is what?

Answer 8

time of infection of definitive host until that parasite can be diagnosed by recovering a reproduced life-stage (diagnostic stage)

Question 9

what is the prepatent period of spirocerca lupi?

Answer 9

~5.5 months