Cross-sections of nematodes were seen in histologic sections of trachea from a raccoon (Procyon lotor) collected in Virginia (USA); they occupied epithelium and contained unembryonated, bioperculated eggs characteristic of the genus Capillaria (= Eucoleus). A mild inflammatory cell infiltrate in the lamina propria subjacent to the nematode was the only apparent host response. This is the first report of capillariasis in the trachea of raccoons.
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1 October 1997
Capillariasis in the Trachea of a Raccoon
A. N. Hamir,
C. Hanlon,
C. E. Rupprecht
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 33 • No. 4
October 1997
Vol. 33 • No. 4
October 1997
Capillaria sp.
case report
Procyon lotory
raccoon
tracheal epithelium