Description: The Worms and Germs Blog authored by Drs. Scott Weese and Maureen Anderson covers animal health and diseases and is published by the Ontario Veterinary College University of Guelph.
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Promoting Safe Pet Ownership
I get a surprising number of emails from people concerned about Baylisascaris procyonis , the raccoon roundworm . Some are just a bit concerned while others are almost paralyzed by fear at the thought of this parasite lurking in the environment. Most of my responses are largely re-assuring people that the risk is very limited and there are some easy things that the average person can do to avoid infection with this parasite. However, it can cause serious disease, so we can’t dismiss it entirely.
A recent paper in Emerging Infectious Diseases ( Lipton et al. 2022 ) highlights both sides of the story: that Baylisascaris infection is a potentially nasty disease, but it’s really rare in people and largely restricted to some extreme situations.
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