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People with rage disorder twice as likely to have latent toxoplasmosis parasite infection
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 682987" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Dogs love cat feces because cats require a really high protein diet. The reason cats require so much protein is that they are inefficient digesters. </p><p></p><p>All that partially digested protein not only makes cat poop smell and taste really good to dogs, it makes it nutritious to them. </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, it does mean that parasites can be passed from cats to dogs, the most common being roundworms. Years ago, I used to do my own fecal floats on my critters as opposed to having the vet do them. I occasionally found cat roundworm eggs in my dogs. Luckily, good ol piperazine, a commonly available wormer, gets roundworm eggs in both species.</p><p></p><p>I do not know if dogs are succeptible to t.gondii or not. I'll have to check on that. I've never heard of a dog being tested for it, but that may just mean that it has no effect on them. I do know that there are several other protozoan parasites that dogs and cat both are succeptible to (along with other genera) such as coccidia and giardia. Humans are succeptible to the latter as well. Like animals, we usually get it from drinking contaminated water.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 682987, member: 1963"] Dogs love cat feces because cats require a really high protein diet. The reason cats require so much protein is that they are inefficient digesters. All that partially digested protein not only makes cat poop smell and taste really good to dogs, it makes it nutritious to them. Unfortunately, it does mean that parasites can be passed from cats to dogs, the most common being roundworms. Years ago, I used to do my own fecal floats on my critters as opposed to having the vet do them. I occasionally found cat roundworm eggs in my dogs. Luckily, good ol piperazine, a commonly available wormer, gets roundworm eggs in both species. I do not know if dogs are succeptible to t.gondii or not. I'll have to check on that. I've never heard of a dog being tested for it, but that may just mean that it has no effect on them. I do know that there are several other protozoan parasites that dogs and cat both are succeptible to (along with other genera) such as coccidia and giardia. Humans are succeptible to the latter as well. Like animals, we usually get it from drinking contaminated water. [/QUOTE]
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