| ocular onchocerca infections in two dogs in western united states. | two dogs, one from california and one from arizona, were found to have aberrant infections caused by filarial nematodes of the genus onchocerca. in both cases, the parasites are localized in or near the eye. in one case the worm was located in the cornea and was surgically removed. in the second case, a very marked granulomatous reaction was induced in the retrobulbar space, mimicking an abscess. this eye was enucleated. the worms in both instances were female, and were gravid, i.e. contained mi ... | 2000 | 10856819 |