My Vet, a female with two healthy children and who deals only with cats in her very busy practice, suggests that the only danger is if one actually ingests litter that is infected, That would suggest that the greatest danger to get toxoplasmosis may be in children who "play" in the cat litter and then put their hands in their mouth. Of course some adults who deal with cats may do the same if they don't follow the simple rule to wash your hands after handling kitty litter.
> So do infected humans manifest the tolerance (or > attraction to) the odor of cat urine like the > rodents do? > (Might explain how some people can own too many cats > and not notice the aroma, although simple > habituation could certainly also explain it.) > Pregnant women are encouraged to get some one "else" > (guess) to clean the litter box because the parasite > poses a risk to the fetus. (This does not appear > to encourage men to acquire too many cats!) > Contact with the litter (or as Lee says, the poop) > rather than the cat is the greatest danger of > infection. > I am curious, are there any tests of infection or > treatments for this parasite? > Claudia > _____________________________________________ > > Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. > > Director > Center for University Teaching, Learning, and > Assessment > Associate Professor > NSF UWF Faculty ADVANCE Scholar > School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences > University of West Florida > 11000 University Parkway > Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 > > Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 > > [email protected] > > CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ > Personal Web Pages: > http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u? id=13185.d5346723901d967ccc167929e2ee94ad&n=T&l=tips&o=1889 4 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL > if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-18894- [email protected] > > > > . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Adjunct Psychology Faculty --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18897 or send a blank email to leave-18897-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
