| epizootiology of an outbreak of cerebrospinal nematodiasis in cottontail rabbits and woodchucks. | an epizootic of cerebrospinal nematodiasis in cottontail rabbits (sylvilagus floridanus) and woodchucks (marmota monax) caused by baylisascaris procyonis larvae followed the establishment of an ascarid-infected raccoon (procyon lotor) population in a woodlot. five of seven raccoons examined from the woodlot harbored ascarids, with one heavily infected animal shedding approximately 27,500 eggs per gram of feces. a laboratory-reared cottontail rabbit developed neurologic disease due to larval migr ... | 1976 | 16498877 |