Diagnosis and Treatment
Diagnosis involves recovering either adult worms from the arteries after the death of the infested host, or microcercariae from the skin of the face or head. Treatments have been reported for sheep. A combination of tartar emetic (antimony potassium tartrate) and emetine hydrochloride healed the skin lesions. For elimination of the nematodes, fuadin (stibophen), diethylcarbamazine and piperazine hexahydrate have been suggested. However, repeated administration of diethylcarbamazine runs the risk of fatality due to accumulation of dead worms in the arteries.
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