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From 2022 to 2024, we visited 60 karst or nonkarst rocky habitats known (current or historical) or suspected to be Allegheny woodrat locations in western Virginia. We opportunistically collected raccoon feces as individual piles or subsampled from visible latrines. We used fecal flotation to determine the presence and prevalence of raccoon roundworm eggs in samples collected from 44 sites across 15 counties and 1 independent city. We found evidence of this roundworm at eight (18.2%) sites in six counties. Because woodrats are especially vulnerable to fatal larval infections with B. procyonis, the presence of the parasite at multiple sites suggests conservation measures should be implemented to protect these populations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.7589\/jwd-d-24-00086","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,31]],"date-time":"2025-01-31T08:01:06Z","timestamp":1738310466000},"page":"229-233","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Presence of Raccoon Roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) in Habitat Associated with Allegheny Woodrats (Neotoma magister) in Western Virginia, USA, 2022\u201324"],"prefix":"10.7589","volume":"61","author":[{"given":"Karen E.","family":"Powers","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Biology Department, Box 6931, Radford University, Radford, Virginia 24242, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Meghan H.","family":"Cavanagh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological and Health Sciences, Wheaton College, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, Illinois 60187, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lorien G.","family":"Walker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological and Health Sciences, Wheaton College, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, Illinois 60187, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samuel D.","family":"Elsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological and Health Sciences, Wheaton College, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, Illinois 60187, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A. 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