A Michael Broad Blog
Introduction: this is an article by a respected enthusiast and cat expert, Sarah Hartwell, the owner and author of Messybeast.com, in which she reviews the link between feline toxoplasmosis and human schizophrenia with particular reference to a recently well-quoted study, which has been so assiduously discussed in the online news media (including on TIME) …
At the date of this post, there are a plethora of articles about how the toxoplasma gondii (deliberately described as “toxoplasma protozoan” here) can cause mental illness in people. It is all over the Internet at the moment. Recently TIME also published an article about it. It is disturbing to cat lovers. It should …
The title to this post is biased and does a great disservice to the domestic cat. Please read on…. The headline comes from a Daily Telegraph article, dated 1st June 2015, written by an unnamed reporter. He/she has written a misleading and unfair article about the domestic cat. I explain why in this article. …
The answer to the question in the title is “yes, but the chances are extremely slight”. The reason why there is a almost infinitesimal risk of getting toxoplasmosis from your cat if you kiss him is because a cat cleans his bottom with his tongue. The cat also may have toxoplasmosis oocysts in his …
If you click on the icons below you’ll be taken to three different toxoplasmosis pdf files about this parasite and our relationship with it.
The word “cure” in the title is ambitious but it may come true or at least create a cancer vaccine. The toxoplasma gondii is a parasite commonly found in cat feces as the cat is the primary host and because of this people who don’t like cats criticise the cat for spreading this disease …
The newspaper headlines proclaiming “killer cat parasite” and “public health warning” are typically sensationalist. However, I expect it from online newspapers. Here are some examples of headlines: Arctic Whales Infected With Domestic Cat Parasite Public health warning as cat parasite spreads to Arctic beluga whales Killer cat parasite spreads to Arctic: Toxoplasma found in …
Cats often get a raw deal compared to dogs. Declawing is an example. Another example is cats kept inside full-time or cats being shot at with bullets in the USA and air gun pellets in the UK5. There appears to be more feral cats than feral dogs in Europe and feral cats are often …
