Abstract
Recent evidence that Trichinella spiralis isolates from wildlife may act as reservoirs for domestic swine trichinosis (Murrell et al., 1985, In Trichinellosis, C. W. Kim (ed.), State University of New York Press, Albany, pp. 301-305) complicates the epidemiology of the disease. The infectivity of T. spiralis isolates from wildlife for domestic swine has not been uniform, but several isolates have been shown to be highly infective (Dick, 1983, Journal of Wildlife Diseases 19: 333336; Murrell et al., 1985, loc. cit.). The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and intensity of T. spiralis from 3 common Illinois fur-bearers, the raccoon (Procyon lotor), coyote (Canis latrans), and red fox (Vulpesfulva), collected during the annual hunting/trapping
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