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raccoon
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raccoon
a gray-brown animal with a long, furry tail ringed with black, a sharp, pointed face, and about as big as a medium-sized dog. It is terrestrial, arboreal and aquatic, omnivorous and nocturnal. Called also coon, Procyon lotor.

raccoon dog
raccoon poxvirus
a poxvirus that causes typical pox lesions in the raccoon.
raccoon rabies
a major wildlife reservoir and source of human exposure in the southeastern United States.
raccoon roundworm
baylisascarisprocyonis.


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In the past 20 years, vaccine baiting has been quite effective in rapidly limiting outbreaks (called "epizootics," the animal equivalent of epidemics) of raccoon rabies in Ontario and some parts of Florida; of coyote and dog rabies in South Texas; and of fox rabies in many parts of Europe.
He noted that the town is experiencing a significant increase in raccoon rabies.
In 2004, the raccoon rabies virus variant emerged in Ohio beyond an area where oral rabies vaccine had been distributed to prevent westward spread of this variant.
 
 
 
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