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A couple important notes about toxoplasmosis (someone please correct me if I'm wrong, this is gleaned from Wikipedia and the CDC website): - Cats only get toxo
by marcellus23 4y ago
A couple important notes about toxoplasmosis (someone please correct me if I'm wrong, this is gleaned from Wikipedia and the CDC website):
- Cats only get toxoplasmosis from prey, and it only sticks around in the cat for a few weeks, so if you have an indoor-only cat that never goes outside and you don't have any pests, you're probably fine
- Even if your cat does go outside, the parasite doesn't become infectious until 1 to 5 days after it is shed in a cat’s feces, so if you're cleaning the litter box daily, you're probably fine as well
- ali7388 4y agoWhere I live, streets are littered with stray cats and their feces. Every owner says they are "responsible" but numbers speak otherwise!
- mardifoufs 4y agoWait, so if it sticks around in the cat for just a few weeks, is that also true for humans? Or is it permanent for us, and cats are just better at getting rid of it?
- marcellus23 4y agoI'm not sure. That's based on this excerpt from Wikipedia[0]: > Cats excrete the pathogen in their feces for a number of weeks after contracting the disease, generally by eating an infected intermediate host that could include mammals (like rodents) or birds. Oocyst shedding usually starts from the third day after ingestion of infected intermediate hosts, and may continue for weeks. The oocysts are not infective when excreted. After about a day, the oocyst undergoes a process called sporulation and becomes potentially pathogenic. I guess I was not quite correct -- it may be that it sticks around longer in the cat, but it is only excreted for a few weeks. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis#Transmission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis#Transmission