Post by windcaster on Jun 4, 2018 6:05:04 GMT -5
Damn guys this is scary.. But I think it's worth spreading the word about.
We have a kennel and every year during warmer months we fight Racoons breaking in to eat the food and take baths in the water.
This year they've been much more aggressive in breaking in then usual and they've taken to leaving poo for us as well..
Anyway I was talking to my neighbor and told them the problem, said they seen some big racoons running around at night.
I told them we try to get rid of them and keep them out because they can spread canine distemper.
My neighbor informed me they're dangerous to humans as well but didn't go into detail.
Anyway I decided to google racoon poop.. can't believe what I was reading.. I read about 6 articles some of them credible sources like university of Georgia.
Among other things the worse is a round worm parasite that Raccoons are carriers of.. they seem to be benign to the racoons and lay eggs in their guts.
The bad thing is 70-90% of raccoons are infected in US/Canada
It takes 2-4 weeks to become infectious from fresh poop but it can survive up to 6 years in the environment, is immune to pretty much all known cleaning agents, and extreme heat.
The only reliable way to kill the eggs is open flame.
Once it's in you it hatches in your gut, then tends to break out of the intestines, start traveling thru your body and usually ends in the brain.. most survivors are vegetables or seriously impaired, and is often deadly.
There is no standardized test, treatment outcomes are poor once it migrates thru the body, clinical diagnosis is rare but thought to be undiagnosed most times because the symptoms can often resemble other things.
Anyway I thought I would share this cause it's down right 「fluffernutter」ing scary and racoons are like every where.
news.uga.edu/deadly-raccoon-roundworm-can-infect-humans-without-symptoms/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylisascaris_procyonis
blogs.discovermagazine.com/bodyhorrors/2012/03/29/baylisascariasis/
www.cdc.gov/parasites/baylisascaris/
www.cdc.gov/parasites/baylisascaris/resources/raccoonlatrines.pdf
www.humanesociety.org/animals/raccoons/tips/raccoon_latrines.html
www.raccoonatticguide.com/fecesdangerous.html
catalystmagazine.net/raccoon-poop-bad/
We have a kennel and every year during warmer months we fight Racoons breaking in to eat the food and take baths in the water.
This year they've been much more aggressive in breaking in then usual and they've taken to leaving poo for us as well..
Anyway I was talking to my neighbor and told them the problem, said they seen some big racoons running around at night.
I told them we try to get rid of them and keep them out because they can spread canine distemper.
My neighbor informed me they're dangerous to humans as well but didn't go into detail.
Anyway I decided to google racoon poop.. can't believe what I was reading.. I read about 6 articles some of them credible sources like university of Georgia.
Among other things the worse is a round worm parasite that Raccoons are carriers of.. they seem to be benign to the racoons and lay eggs in their guts.
The bad thing is 70-90% of raccoons are infected in US/Canada
It takes 2-4 weeks to become infectious from fresh poop but it can survive up to 6 years in the environment, is immune to pretty much all known cleaning agents, and extreme heat.
The only reliable way to kill the eggs is open flame.
Once it's in you it hatches in your gut, then tends to break out of the intestines, start traveling thru your body and usually ends in the brain.. most survivors are vegetables or seriously impaired, and is often deadly.
There is no standardized test, treatment outcomes are poor once it migrates thru the body, clinical diagnosis is rare but thought to be undiagnosed most times because the symptoms can often resemble other things.
Anyway I thought I would share this cause it's down right 「fluffernutter」ing scary and racoons are like every where.
news.uga.edu/deadly-raccoon-roundworm-can-infect-humans-without-symptoms/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylisascaris_procyonis
blogs.discovermagazine.com/bodyhorrors/2012/03/29/baylisascariasis/
www.cdc.gov/parasites/baylisascaris/
www.cdc.gov/parasites/baylisascaris/resources/raccoonlatrines.pdf
www.humanesociety.org/animals/raccoons/tips/raccoon_latrines.html
www.raccoonatticguide.com/fecesdangerous.html
catalystmagazine.net/raccoon-poop-bad/
