some cats carry a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii, or T. gondii, and that they shed an embryonic form of the parasite, called oocysts, in their feces. When transferred to humans, the parasite can cause a disease known as toxoplasmosis, which results in flu-like symptoms and muscle pains that can last for a month or longer. Once infected, cats then begin to excrete the oocysts for a median of eight days, dropping as many as 810 million of them in their poop. Those oocysts are tough to kill, too, and can remain viable for at least a year and a half under certain conditions. So what can we do with all these oocysts and toxoplansma gondii, and the toxoplasmosis? Follow that?
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 22:50:53 +0000
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