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All the species of the <jats:italic>Echinococcus granulosus<\/jats:italic> sensu lato complex have been reported in this region except for <jats:italic>E. equinus<\/jats:italic>, possibly due to the small number of studies involving equids. This study reports the frequency of different <jats:italic>Echinococcus<\/jats:italic> species in donkeys from eastern Africa. A total of 5961 donkeys were examined during meat inspection in 3 slaughterhouses in Kenya. Identification of <jats:italic>Echinococcus<\/jats:italic> spp. was achieved through polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment-length polymorphism and sequencing of the mitochondrial nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) dehydrogenase subunit 1 gene. The prevalence of CE was 5.7% (337\/5961). The 263 genotyped cysts belonged to <jats:italic>E. equinus<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 163), <jats:italic>E. granulosus<\/jats:italic> sensu stricto (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 70), <jats:italic>E. canadensis<\/jats:italic> (G6\/7) (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 26) and <jats:italic>E. ortleppi<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 4). One donkey harboured a metacestode of <jats:italic>Spirometra theileri<\/jats:italic>. All <jats:italic>E. equinus<\/jats:italic> cases, except 2, originated from southern Ethiopia, whereas the other species were more evenly distributed across the study area. Most of the cysts belonging to <jats:italic>E. equinus<\/jats:italic> were fertile (111\/163), while those of the other species were non-fertile. This is the first report of <jats:italic>Echinococcus<\/jats:italic> spp. in donkeys from sub-Saharan Africa and the first confirmation of <jats:italic>E. equinus<\/jats:italic> in East Africa. The frequent fertility of <jats:italic>E. equinus<\/jats:italic> cysts in donkeys affirms their suitability as intermediate hosts of this species, while low frequency and cyst fertility suggest a marginal role of donkeys in the transmission of <jats:italic>E. granulosus<\/jats:italic> s. s., <jats:italic>E. canadensis<\/jats:italic> (G6\/7) and <jats:italic>E. ortleppi<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0031182023000173","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,27]],"date-time":"2023-02-27T08:06:21Z","timestamp":1677485181000},"page":"468-475","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Cystic echinococcosis in donkeys in eastern 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