Sentences with phrase «gondii gra15»

Although the authors noted that their study did not provide evidence for great risk associated with T. gondii in cats, they advised that the risk should still be considered, as the infection in humans can cause significant health problems, and cats who are not otherwise transmitting the infection can begin shedding the virus in times of stress.

At the very least, the low infection rates found in feral cats — combined with the much higher rates in bobcats and pumas — raise serious questions about domestic cats» role in environmental contamination of T. gondii.

It is important for cats to avoid exposure to Toxoplasma gondii during treatment.

Results showed that women infected with toxoplasma gondii, a parasite spread through cat feces, were 1.5 times more likely to attempt suicide than women who were not infected.

She gave birth prematurely due to toxoplasmosis infection — the moose had browsed an area contaminated by «community» cats and its tissues were infected with Toxoplasma gondii oocysts.

The study's lead author explained: «We can't say with certainty that T. gondii caused the women to try to kill themselves, but we did find a predictive association between the infection and suicide attempts later in life that warrants additional studies.»

Previous studies have also shown links between T. gondii and schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and even the chance that a person will be involved in an automobile accident.

For the study, researchers analyzed data from 45,000 Danish women who gave birth between 1992 and 1995, and whose babies were screened for T. gondii antibodies.

Toxoplasmosis is caused by the Toxoplasma gondii parasite that can infect your cat if she or he eats prey that is contaminated with the parasite, or comes into contact with infected earth as toxoplasmosis parasites live in the soil.

Observed Vox Felina blogger Peter Wolf of the alleged cat connection to monk seal endangerment, in 2016, «The Toxoplasma gondii parasite, sometimes spread via cat feces, has claimed eight monk seals over the past 15 years.

Cats were the first species in which Toxoplasma gondii was found to complete its entire life cycle, albeit that Toxoplasma gondii ---- like many other parasites ---- can spread from host to host and persist for years without completing a full life cycle.

What they do have to avoid is the pathogen toxoplasma gondii, which is spread more commonly by raw and undercooked meat and can also be found in cat poo.

One of the world's most common parasitic infections, Toxoplasma gondii infects approximately 1 out of 3 humans.

It's important to note that, while there are many intermediate hosts, the only creature in which Toxoplasma gondii can reproduce sexually --- the definitive host --- is a member of the cat family.

One problem: the island where the researchers found the greatest seroprevalence of T. gondii infection among the birds, Molokai, just so happens to be home to perhaps the most dramatic increase in their numbers in recent years.

«These findings may give further clues about how T. gondii infection can possibly [alter] the risk of specific psychiatric disorders.»

The parasite toxoplasma gondii can be in the feces of inside / outside cats, and can survive sewage treatment and then travel down rivers until it gets to the sea.

Serologic data show that a significant number of feral pigs, bears, and cervids are exposed to T. gondii.

Witness, for example, a paper published earlier this year in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases, in which the authors suggest that outdoor cats pose a threat to Hawaii's state bird, the Nene (or Hawaiian goose), by spreading the parasite Toxoplasma gondii.

But in those with weaker immune systems, infection with T. gondii can cause an illness called toxoplasmosis, which can result in miscarriages, fetal development disorders, weeks of flu - like illness, blindness and even death.

Results showed that an individual infected with T. gondii was almost twice as likely to develop schizophrenia.

Miller, M.A., et al., «Type X Toxoplasma gondii in a wild mussel and terrestrial carnivores from coastal California: New linkages between terrestrial mammals, runoff and toxoplasmosis of sea otters.»

T. gondii is the most common parasite in developed nations, according to Schizophrenia Bulletin.

Herrmann, D.C., et al., «Atypical Toxoplasma gondii genotypes identified in oocysts shed by cats in Germany.»

But there can be a little - known danger lurking behind that furry little face and that innocent - sounding meow: a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii).

Hill, D.E., Chirukandoth, S., and Dubey, J.P., «Biology and epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii in man and animals.»

Toxoplasma gondii (II) T. gondii, Righthand continues, «has been shown to cause neurological damage to sea otters and other marine mammals that are exposed when heavy rainfall washes infected cat feces into the water.»

Toxoplasma gondii (I) While it's true that cats are the definitive host of Toxoplasma gondii, it's important to note that «wild game can be a source of T. gondii infection in humans, cats, and other carnivores.

Indeed, as cats increasingly contaminate public areas with T. gondii oocysts it will become progressively more difficult to avoid exposure.»

The findings reveal an association between Toxoplasma gondii infection in seniors subject to a «test battery for measuring memory functions» [1] and certain of those memory functions.

Outdoor cats have an increased likelihood of infection with T. gondii.

In a second recent study, A.L. Sutterland from the Department of Psychiatry at the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam and colleagues analyzed the findings of 50 published studies to confirm that T. gondii infection is associated with mental disorders.

However, one study found that 36 of 50 sea otters from coastal California were infected with the Type X strain of T. gondii [16], a type linked to wild felids (mountain lions and a bobcat, in this case), but not to domestic cats.

Your hands would be dissolved into a digestible pulp long before you could kill the Toxoplasma gondii oocysts.

They wanted to find out if dogs could possibly transmit cat - shed Toxoplasma gondii oocysts.

A dog infected with T. gondii from a source - cat can not.

Then there's cats» most insidious disease of all, their Toxoplasma gondii parasite that cats spread through their feces into all other animals.

dopt = Abstract & holding = f1000, f1000m, isrctn It is interesting to note: That these Toxoplasma gondii oocysts shed by cats can even survive the hydrochloric stomach acids for the duration that they remain in a mammal's digestive tract.

T. gondii has been found in the milk of lactating bitches.

This parasite is also killing off rare and endangered marine - mammals along all coastlines and inland river - otters from cats» T. gondii oocysts in run - off from the land, the oocysts surviving even in saltwater.

[2] So, getting kittens adopted — a key feature of TNR — reduces the likelihood of their becoming T. gondii «contributors» in the future.

Mice also carry Toxoplasma gondii, the agent of Toxoplasmosis.

«In addition to live prey, eviscerated tissues (gut piles) from hunted deer and black bears would be a source of infection for wild cats... Prevalence of T. gondii in wild game and venison in the USA is very high and hunters need to be aware of the risk of transmission of infection to humans and, more importantly, spread of infection in the environment.

As Dubey and Jones point out, T. gondii prevalence tends to be higher in feral cats than pet or owned cats.

Building B, where «all experimentally inoculated [i.e., infected] cats are housed,» reported Dubey in a 1995 article published in the Journal of Parasitology, «also housed several hundred other T. gondii - infected cats over the six - year period.»

TNR: The Solution, Not the Problem If T. gondii in feral cats is really the concern, then the focus should be on removing young cats from «high - risk» environments.

The parasite Toxoplasma gondii is shed in cat feces, and the oocysts (similar to fertilized eggs) can remain infective in the soil for long periods.

Members of the single - celled variety of cat parasite include Isospora, Giardia, or Toxoplasma gondii (which causes Toxoplasmosis).

Research has also linked T. gondii to schizophrenia, obsessive - compulsive disorder, rheumatoid arthritis, brain cancer and even children having trouble in school, according to the article, which was published in the July 9 issue of the journal Trends in Parasitology.

If your pet cat is allowed to roam around outdoors, it is possible that it will pick up a parasite called toxoplasma gondii.