CAPILLARIASIS IN THE TRACHEA OF A RACCOON

Cross-sections of nematodes were seen in histologic sections of trache a from a raccoon (Procyon lotor) collected in Virginia (USA); they occ upied epithelium and contained unembryonated, bioperculated eggs chara cteristic of the genus Capillaria (=Eucoleus). A mild inflammatory cel l infiltrate in the lamina propria subjacent to the nematode was the o nly apparent host response. This is the first report of capillariasis in the trachea of raccoons.