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Trichinosis in Maryland raccoons

During recent studies of experimental Chagas’ disease, trichinosis was found in 2 out of a total of 44 Maryland raccoons ( Procyon lotor ) examined histologically following necropsy. All raccoons were trapped near the towns of Beltsville or Laurel. The raccoons found to have trichinosis were trapped in the area of the Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville. Cysts containing larvae of Trichinella spiralis were found in sections of diaphragm in one raccoon and in sections of diaphragm, skeletal muscle, and ocular muscle in the other. Three to five cysts could he seen in sections of skeletal muscle or diaphragm within a single low-power (scanning lens X 40) field. There was little if any inflammatory reaction to most of these cysts, but inflammatory cells were present adjacent to an occasional cyst (Fig. 1). Foci of calcification were found in some sections of muscle and may represent old calcified cysts.

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Acid-fast intranuclear inclusion bodies in the kidneys of mallards fed lead shot

Acid-fast intranuclear inclusion bodies were found in the cells of the proximal convoluted tubules of the kidneys of mallards fed one, two, three or eight number 6 lead shot and maintained on cracked or whole corn and on grain-duck pellet diets. No acid-fast inclusion bodies were found in mallards fed one or three lead shot but maintained on a duck pellet ration. Dietary factors may be responsible for the failure of mallards fed a duck pellet ration to develop lead Inclusion bodies when treated with one or three lead shot. The authors suggest these inclusion bodies can be used as presumptive evidence for lead intoxication in mallards.

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