Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease that you can get from cats, contaminated food, and more. It causes symptoms similar to the flu, such as chills, fever, body aches, fatigue, and headaches. The ...
A recent study in the journal EcoHealth connects white-tailed deer and free-roaming cats to the disease toxoplasmosis. In an email, lead author Gregory Ballash of Ohio State University’s Department of ...
ucdavis.edu: Wild and Feral Cats in Populated Areas Release More Toxoplasmosis Parasites
Toxoplasmosis is a common infection from the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma gondii. It appears in many species of animals, but cats are the most common that transmit the parasite to humans. Over 40 ...
Toxoplasmosis is classified as a zoonosis—meaning it is a disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans. Cats play a crucial role in this, as they are the definitive host for the pathogen ...
A new study linking toxoplasmosis infection to suicide has some health experts and feline advocates concerned that cats may suffer unfairly as a result. The study, published this month in the Archives ...
The Conversation: Toxoplasmosis: how feral cats kill wildlife without lifting a paw
Feral cats are a triple threat to our wildlife through predation, competition and diseases such as toxoplasmosis. Eddie Van 3000/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Feral cats are a huge threat to our native ...
Toxoplasmosis, cat roundworm and cat scratch disease are caused by pathogens that depend on cats — pets or feral — for part of their life cycle. But these diseases can be passed to humans, sometimes ...