Can Cats Get Distemper From Racoons?
What Can cats get from raccoons?
Most commonly called raccoon disease” because of its prevalence in the raccoon population
baylisascariasis comes from contact with raccoon feces
and from ingesting animal tissue that is infected with the B. procyonisprocyonisLife cycle An adult worm lives and reproduces in the intestine of its definitive host
the raccoon. The female worm can produce between 115
000–179
000 eggs per day. Eggs are excreted along with feces
and become infective in the soil after 2–4 weeks. If ingested by another raccoon
