Sentences with phrase «getting oocysts»
When working in soil (flower beds) that cats might use for defecation, wear gloves to keep from getting oocysts on your hands.
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It's possible the parasite has always been in the ocean, but most scientists think it somehow got there from cats — the only known carrier of the oocysts.
When the cat gets infected, the early stages involve an intestinal form where the contagious oocysts are shed in feces but the cat may or may not have any diarrhea.
Cats get infected by hunting and eating prey, eating raw food diets, or by inadvertently licking oocysts during grooming.
Pregnant moms and immunocompromised people with cats who can not get someone else clean the litter box for them should wear gloves, clean the litter box promptly twice a day before the oocysts can become infective and wash their hands when finished.
Humans can get toxoplasmosis by petting a cat and then eating food, by inhaling the oocyst while cleaning the litter box or from eating rare meat that contains cysts.