Onchocerca gutturosa infection of the ligamentum nuchae in two cows in the Sudan.
Severe lesions of the ligamentum nuchae are described for the first time in two cows in the Sudan. Post mortem and histopathological examination of the nodules reveals inflammatory process the causal agent of which is Onchocerca gutturosa.
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Veterinary Research Laboratory, Alamarat, Khartoum, Soudan.
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Hussein
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D008022:Ligaments / Q000469:parasitology*; D009333:Neck; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013397:Sudan