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• Amir@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I thought that parasite wasn’t carried long-term by cats, only by humans?

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  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii

    Toxoplasma gondii (/ˈtɒksəˌplæzmə ˈɡɒndi.aɪ, -iː/) is a species of parasitic alveolate that causes toxoplasmosis.[3] Found worldwide, T. gondii is capable of infecting virtually all warm-blooded animals,[4]: 1  but members of the cat family (Felidae) are the only known definitive hosts in which the parasite may undergo sexual reproduction.[5][6]

    Can infect basically any mammal, but cats are their preffered hosts.

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