MOLECULAR CONFIRMATION OF SPIROCERCA LUPI INFECTION IN A GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG

E. Tamileniyan; A. Latchumikanthan; M. Veeraselvam; S. Yogeshpriya; K. Karthika; Dr. K.K. Ponnu Swamy; R. Velusamy

doi:10.56093/ijvasr.v55i4.181152

Authors

E. Tamileniyan PG Scholar, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Namakkal - 637 002
A. Latchumikanthan Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Namakkal - 637 002
M. Veeraselvam Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Orathanadu - 614 625
S. Yogeshpriya Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Orathanadu - 614 625
K. Karthika Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Orathanadu - 614 625
Dr. K.K. Ponnu Swamy Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Orathanadu - 614 625
R. Velusamy Associate Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Namakkal - 637 002

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijvasr.v55i4.181152

Abstract

A six-year-old German shepherd dog was presented with the history of vomiting and anorexia. Live worms were recovered from the vomit and subjected to morphological and molecular identification. Morphologically the worm was identified as Spirocerca lupi and the molecular analysis revealed the 689bp amplicon specific to COX I gene of Spirocerca lupi. This communication records the first molecular report of Spirocerca lupi in dog from Cauvery Delta region of Tamil Nadu.

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