Onchocerca raillieti: prevalence and pathology in sudanese donkeys

Abstract Onchocerca raillieti was found to be prevalent in Sudanese donkeys. The parasite was reported from Central, Northern, Western and Eastern Sudan and was most predominant in the last locality. The pathological changes produced by adult worms in the ligamentum nuchae are mostly chronic and do not seem to cause any clinical manifestations. Likewise, the microfilariae, though found in high densities in the skin with a “spill over” into the eyes, produce no pathological changes in either the skin or eyes.