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| 704.1 | | NETRIX::michaud | Jeff Michaud, PATHWORKS for Windows NT | Thu Feb 17 1994 15:08 | 1 |
| Can most vets test for this?
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| 704.2 | )-8 | POWDML::MANDILE | my hair smells like hay | Fri Feb 18 1994 06:40 | 5 |
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What bugs me the most about those type articles, is they
never tell the whole story, and are aimed at scaring people/
shock tactics. I bet a lot of people paniced and dumped cats....
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| 704.3 | What did they call it? | STOWOA::FALLON | | Fri Feb 18 1994 09:05 | 8 |
| I haven't seen the article. I do know that toxoplasmosis can severly
affect people with lowered immune systems, ie. aids. This can be
worked around. If it is the same, it was also touted as being very
dangerous to pregnant women and most obgyn's told women to get rid of
their cat. BTW if you eat rare to raw meat, you have probably already
had it. It is self limiting and you probably wouldn't know you had it
:')
Karen
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| 704.4 | | DKAS::BEASTY::WIKOFF_T | Tanya Wikoff, MR01-3 297-2087, Home is wherever your loved ones are. | Fri Feb 18 1994 10:54 | 13 |
| RE: toxoplasmosis,
When I was pregnant, the doctor just told me not to change the litter,
because it's carried in the feces... so my husband had to do it, oh well!
But not to get rid of my cat!
BTW - this warning is similar to when my baby had her oral polio vaccine,
which is a live vaccine. The doctor told me that no one with lowered immunity
(including those with cancer on chemo...) should change the baby's diaper
for a certain amount of time (I think a few days to a week, don't remember
exactly).
-Tanya
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| 704.5 | | PARITY::DENISE | And may the traffic be with you | Fri Feb 18 1994 12:48 | 4 |
| This is not toxoplasmosis though, it is a separate bacteria I have
never heard of, I think it began with a B. I didn't save the article,
but I think I can get a hold of one and put the right name in.
But in the meantime hopefully people didn't panic about it.
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