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Onchocerca raillieti: adult location and skin distribution of the microfilaria in Sudanese donkeys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Saad E. El Sammani  and
Hussein S. Hussein
Saad E. El Sammani
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Khartoum, Shambat, Kkartoum North, Sudan
Hussein S. Hussein
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Khartoum, Shambat, Kkartoum North, Sudan
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Abstract

Onchocerca raillieti is the only Onchocerca species infecting Sudanese donkeys; it occurs only in the ligamentum nuchae, especially in the lamellar part of the ligament. The morphological features of both uterine and skin microfilariae were determined. Skin microrilariae are shorter than uterine ones and tend to accumulate in the regions of Linea alba and withers of infected donkeys. The possible identity of the vector of this worm in the Sudan is discussed.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 57 , Issue 4 , December 1983 , pp. 355 - 360
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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