An epizootic of cerebrospinal nematodiasis in cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus) and woodchucks (Marmota monax) caused by Baylisascaris procyonis larvae followed the establishment of an ascarid-infected raccoon (Procyon lotor) population in a woodlot. Five of seven raccoons examined from the woodlot harbored ascarids, with one heavily infected animal shedding approximately 27,500 eggs per gram of feces. A laboratory-reared cottontail rabbit developed neurologic disease due to larval migration 80 days after infection with B. procyonis eggs from the raccoons.
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1 July 1976
EPIZOOTIOLOGY OF AN OUTBREAK OF CEREBROSPINAL NEMATODIASIS IN COTTONTAIL RABBITS AND WOODCHUCKS
H. A. JACOBSON,
P. F. SCANLON,
V. F. NETTLES,
W. R. DAVIDSON