Pregnant women often worry about cats and toxoplasmosis, but the disease is easier to prevent than you might think. Here’s what you need to know to stay safe and enjoy your cat’s companionship to the fullest.
Cats not likely to endanger health of pregnant womenDr. Michael FoxMichael Fox (STANDARD)
Cats are similar in size the other Felids, with light, flexible bodies and teeth adapted to dogs. They are a small prey. A skilled predator, the cat hunts over 1,000 species for food, using its excellent eyesight and hearing. Unusually, cats have lost the ability to taste sugar and in ...
If a pregnant woman is newly infected, it could harm their baby. But most people who have cats already have antibodies to protect against the disease. The CDC says pregnant women should keep their cats but avoid handling cat litter if possible. 24/25 You Don't Have a Disaster Plan If fi...
Pregnant women can pass the parasite directly to their unborn babies and are advised not to change cat litter boxes to avoid possible infection.Babies don't produce antibodies to T. gondii for three months after they are born, so the antibodies present in their blood represented infection in ...
21 Briefly, all pregnant women living in an area of northern, suburban Detroit, defined by contiguous ZIP codes, and belonging to a health maintenance organization, were eligible to participate if their infants were born between April 15, 1987, and August 31, 1989. Only infants born at term ...
Bigna JJ, Tochie JN, Tounouga DN, Bekolo AO, Ymele NS, Youda EL, Sime PS, Nansseu JR (2020) Global, regional, and country seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women: a systematic review, modelling and meta-analysis. Sci Rep 10:12102 Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google...
Make sure your cat is fully vaccinated, flea fee and wormed.Pregnancy - There have been many scare mongering stories about pregnant women and cat diseases like Toxoplasmosis. In fact the risk of catching something like this from your cat is very low, you are more likely to be at risk from...
I remember that my mother’s emerald green eyes gleamed as if she were a cat herself when she told me about the Goddess Bastet who kept away disease and was the protector of pregnant women. The stories she told me about the fierce, soft, cat Goddess Bastet were so vivid that she made...
Pregnant women can pass th e parasit e dire ctly to their unborn babies an d ar e adris e d not to ch ang e cat litter bores to aroi d possibl e infection.Babies don't produc e antibodies to T . gondii for thre e months after they ar e born, so th e antibodies prese nt...