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Economic incentives contribute little to reducing agricultural damage from invasive non-native species: evidence from raccoon management in Hokkaido, Japan. [PDF]

Pest Manag Sci
This study reveals the nonsignificant effects of economic incentives reducing crop damage by raccoons. Our results also show that while these incentives increase the number of captured raccoons, the additional captures fail to result in measurable reductions in agricultural damage. Abstract BACKGROUND An economic incentive scheme is utilized to enhance
Mameno K, Suzuki T, Yamaguchi S, Ueno M, Kubo T.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Trash Talking: Anthropogenic Resources Facilitate Raccoon Interactions in Urban Environments. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Interactions between conspecifics play a key role in ecological processes, and habitat modification, such as urbanization, can alter the spatial and social behaviors that underpin such interactions. Here, we used high‐resolution GPS data to examine how resource distribution affects raccoon contact in an urban greenspace in Brooklyn, NYC.
Plimpton LD, VanAcker M, Kross S, Olarte-Castillo XA, Evans S, Konowal CR, Craft M, Goodman LB, Whittaker G, Needle D, Diuk-Wasser M.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Geographic Variation in the Prevalence of Candidatus Neoehrlichia procyonis in Raccoons (Procyon lotor) in the United States and Canada. [PDF]

Microbiologyopen
A total of 167/394 (42.4%) raccoons were positive for Candidatus Neoehrlichia procyonis. Spatial variation was noted with higher prevalences in the Southeast region of the United States and in California. Ca. N. procyonis is widespread in raccoon populations, but the spatial variation in prevalence may be related to vector distribution or another ...
Lewis M, Garrett KB, Cleveland CA, Hernandez SM, Swain M, Yabsley MJ.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Baylisascariasis (Raccoon Roundworm Infection) in Two Unrelated Children - Los Angeles County, California, 2024. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Baylisascaris procyonis (raccoon roundworm), a parasite commonly found in raccoons (Procyon lotor), can cause severe disease in humans when it invades visceral organs or the ocular and central nervous systems. Without prompt treatment, B. procyonis infection can lead to serious complications and death.
Vaughan AM, Kamel D, Chang M, Saucier L, Montgomery SP, Wendt E, Chang AH, Islam S, Nagiel A, Situ B, Middleton J, Terashita D, Balter S, Gibson JE, Alarcón J.   +14 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

LAND-USE EFFECTS ON PREVALENCE OF RACCOON ROUNDWORM (BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS) [PDF]

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2008
The raccoon (Procyon lotor) is the definitive host of Baylisascaris procyonis, a large intestinal roundworm that is zoonotic and can result in fatal or severe central nervous system disease in young children. Prevalence of infection among raccoon populations often is high, and in the midwestern United States, B. procyonis has been reported in 68-82% of
L Kristen, Page, Stanley D, Gehrt, Nathaniel P, Robinson   +2 more
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Reduction of Baylisascaris procyonis Eggs in Raccoon Latrines, Suburban Chicago, Illinois, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Baylisascaris procyonis, a common roundworm of raccoons, causes severe or fatal human infections, often in suburban areas. To evaluate the effectiveness of a baiting strategy requiring minimal labor, we distributed medicated baits near raccoon latrines ...
Kristen Page, Timothy J. Smyser, Elise Dunkerton, Emily Gavard, Bruce Larkin, Stanley Gehrt   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Worm’s Tale or Why to Avoid the Raccoon Latrine: A Case of Baylisascaris procyonis Meningoencephalitis

Case Reports in Radiology, 2022
The raccoon roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis (B. procyonis) may infect humans to cause severe or fatal meningoencephalitis, as well as ocular and visceral larva migrans.
Adam E. Goldman-Yassen, Anna Derman, Rebecca Pellett Madan, Alireza Radmanesh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seroprevalence of Baylisascaris procyonis Infection among Humans, Santa Barbara County, California, USA, 2014–2016

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
Baylisascaris procyonis (raccoon roundworm) infection is common in raccoons and can cause devastating pathology in other animals, including humans. Limited information is available on the frequency of asymptomatic human infection.
Sara B. Weinstein, Camille M. Lake, Holly M. Chastain, David Fisk, Sukwan Handali, Philip L. Kahn, Susan P. Montgomery, Patricia P. Wilkins, Armand M. Kuris, Kevin D. Lafferty   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Baylisascaris procyonis in the Metropolitan Atlanta Area

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
Baylisascaris procyonis, the raccoon roundworm responsible for fatal larva migrans in humans, has long been thought to be absent from many regions in the southeastern United States.
Mark L. Eberhard, Eva K. Nace, Kimberly Y. Won, George A. Punkosdy, Henry S. Bishop, Stephanie P. Johnston   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The epidemiology of a case of raccoon roundworm infection [PDF]

Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference, 2000
Author(s): Murray, William J. | Abstract: The epidemiologic investigation of a recent case of cerebrospinal nematodiasis caused by the common raccoon intestinal roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) in an 11-month old child from Monterey County, California revealed a remarkable series of circumstances which led to the child’s infection.
openaire   +3 more sources