Assertion: raccoon | /r/CapableOf | carry roundworm
Facets:
value: in their droppings
type: LOCATION
value: aside from rabies
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Aside from rabies, raccoons carry a roundworm which is known as baylisascaris.
text: Yet food-washing isn't a natural habit among animals, which led researchers at the London Zoo in 1961 to look into whether these raccoons — known to carry rabies and roundworm — really are as sanitary as they act.
text: Fights between felines and raccoons are not unheard of, and raccoons can carry rabies, roundworm and other infectious diseases, so any clash between a cat and a raccoon poses a potential threat to the cat’s health, not to mention your own.
text: They may also carry distemper, roundworm, and fleas.
text: We've already seen that raccoons carry roundworm in their droppings which can be picked up and eaten by your chickens, infecting your flock in a very short period of time.
text: While raccoons are more likely to have rabies than many other wild animals, and also carry roundworm in their droppings, cases of fatal transmission to humans is small.