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Raccoon are a favorite animal of many.

They are also a great nuisance to others. Raccoons can cause much damage, usually while looking for food.

Raccoons are a rabies vector. They are third behind the skunk and the bat a rabies transmitter, or carrier.

Get rid of raccoons as soon as you become aware of them on your property. You may notice them on your roof or hear noises in the attic, chimney or walls.

Raccoons are descendants of the bear family and subsequently have great strength. Do not try to remove these animals on your own.

They are a danger to small children who may disregard caution due to the raccoons cute and friendly appearance. However, raccoons are very aggressive and are capable of causing serious harm.

In addition to rabies, most raccoons carry roundworms in their stomach. Tens of thousands of roundworm embryos are excreted in their feces. These roundworm embryos can stay alive a long time. The roundworm embryos can be *inhaled or ingested by way of dirty fingers and hands; thus transmitting the disease to humans.

*Although all cautionary measures should be taken, contracting round worm from raccoon droppings by inhalation is less likely than the more common hand to mouth senerio. Much debate continues on wheather a person can contract the parasite by inhalation.

A roundworm infection of raccoons, is emerging as an important helminthic zoonosis, principally affecting young children.

The prevalence of B. procyonis infection in raccoons is often high, and infected animals can shed enormous numbers of eggs in their feces.

Human Infection

B. procyonis infection of humans typically results in fatal disease. Eleven recognized human cases, four of them fatal, have been reported.

The infant’s family lived in a rural, wooded area of Pennsylvania, and raccoons were nesting in unused chimneys at the time infection was acquired.

Infection Potential and Human Risk

Although relatively few human cases of baylisascariasis have been reported, several factors suggest that the likelihood of exposure and infection may be greater than is currently recognized.

Raccoons have a widespread geographic distribution, and infection with B. procyonisis is common in raccoon populations. An infected raccoon can harbor numerous adult worms and may excrete large numbers of eggs in their feces.

Raccoons have increasingly become peridomestic animals living in close proximity to human residences and are among the fastest growing wildlife populations nationwide.

These animals benefit from feeding on abundant pet food left accessible, either accidentally or intentionally, and their populations can thrive under such conditions.

In one suburban area near the residence of a recent patient in northern California, the raccoon population was measured at 30 animals per quarter acre.

Areas frequented by raccoons and used for defecation were found in close proximity to human dwellings, and B. procyonis eggs are routinely recovered from these areas. Children, particularly toddlers, may be at particular risk of exposure.