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Trophically Transmitted Parasites and the Conservation of Small Populations: Raccoon Roundworm and the Imperiled Allegheny Woodrat KATHLEEN LOGIUDICE* Program in Ecology and Evolution, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, U.S.A. Abstract: Disease threats to endangered species are most commonly caused by exotic microparasites acciden- tally introduced into naïve populations by humans. The case of raccoon roundworm ( Baylisascaris procyonis) and the Allegheny woodrat ( Neotoma magister) is an exception to this general rule and, as such, may be use- ful in the identificatio