Influence of Environmental Variables on Baylisascaris procyonis Infection in Raccoons | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
Diciembre 2012
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ISBN / Resource ID: 
AGRIS:US201600003127
Pages: 
1279-1282

Baylisascaris procyonis is a zoonotic nematode commonly found in raccoons (Procyon lotor). Human-altered landscapes can support dense populations of raccoons, increasing the potential for interaction between humans and these animals. We used raccoon feces provided by licensed fur trappers to investigate environmental variables that influence prevalence of B. procyonis at 2 sites in Wisconsin. Trappers submitted raccoon feces to us, along with information on sex, age (juvenile and adult), and approximate trap location for each animal. We used zinc sulfate (1.18 specific gravity) flotation to detect B. procyonis eggs in approximately 1 g of fecal matter from each host. We used ArcView software to determine the distance of each trap location to an urban area as determined by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2000. We compared the habitat components in buffered home ranges (0.805 km around trap locations) of infected animals with those from uninfected animals using Mann-Whitney U-tests (P

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Samson, Amanda
Dubay, Shelli A.
Huspeni, Todd C.
Cyr, Amanda

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