A Michael Broad Blog
Ebola panic is gripping America. There is a need for calm especially in relation to our pets (from my perspective). At the date of this post there is no evidence that cats can get Ebola. People should be relaxed about their cat and in respect of cats that are wandering. We shouldn’t be concerned …
Conclusion: It appears that a person could get ebola from her cat or dog but please read on.. Is ebola a zoonotic disease? If it is, it may have a serious impact on the welfare of domestic cats anywhere. I ask because you have probably read that the dog companion, Excalibur, of the Spanish …
Can cats pass worms to humans? Yes, is the answer but unusually. Roundworms The name for roundworms is ‘ascarids’. Ascarids can cause a disease in humans. It is called visceral larva migrans. It is one of the top zoonotic diseases. Zoonotic diseases are those that can pass from animal to human and vice versa. …
My cat and I have both got the flu, a mild version of it. My cat’s symptoms are exactly the same as my symptoms. As I said, they are mild and you can’t really call them flu symptoms, but flu symptoms vary a great deal in their severity. Have I given flu to my …
Here are some interesting cat facts relating to letting cats go outside or keeping them in. Traditionally, in the US, the preference was to let cats go outside. That has changed. In the UK the preference to let cats out continues to be the norm. In the UK, Seventy-five percent (75%) of cats are …
Cats could pass on bovine TB (tuberculosis) to people, we are told. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection of the lungs. There are two aspects to this story that stand out: Bovine TB is in the news in the UK because there is shortly to be a massive badger cull to try and prevent it …
This is a carefully produced prezi on the prevention of human toxoplasmosis. A “prezi”, for people unfamiliar with the word, is a modern and more flexible version of the usual presentation using online software. I think it is an ideal way to present information about a tricky topic, which is often presented by scientists …
The continued stories in online newspapers about the Toxoplasma gondii parasite and how it can infect people and travel to the brain is harmful to the image of domestic cats. The problem is that the whole thing is being exaggerated and misrepresented. They keep chewing on the same thing, putting a new spin on …
