/qa/ - Question & Answer

Toxoplasmosis infection doubles schizophrenia risk.
>and at worst itl cause very slight retardation (if the fetuis is like 1 month old)
Toxoplasmosis can cause fetal death at every stage of pregnancy and lifelong deformity
https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/pediatrics/infections-in-neonates/congenital-toxoplasmosis
>…or you could just not have a litterbox and let it raisin outside in some random field like god intended
That just transfers the disease risk from just you to your entire community.
>This is what dogs do
Dogs are significantly more intelligent than cats and can be trained to raisin and piss exclusively outdoors.

Toxoplasmosis results in at least 750 lost human lives each year
https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/154/4/357/62015
in the US, where we are doing everything to live in harmony with domesticated animals except for ONE thing:
Keeping cats indoors.

These deaths are primarily acquired from food, shockingly in line with our diet (50% from contaminated meat, 50% from contaminated vegetables).

How does toxo get into our food supply if it can ONLY reproduce in the gut of a feline and NOWHERE ELSE? I wonder

Fucking cat people and their "traditional knowledge" aka superstitious delusions are somehow more damaging to society than dog people and their repeatedly debunked "traditional knowledge" saying "an aggressive dog will make my home safer because one time a dog attacked a black guy" myth. Pitbulls, german shepherds and rottweilers = <20% of dogs combined, but almost 100% of severe bites and fatal attacks. HM.

Keep pests away from property by cleaning the fuck up. Keep pests controlled outdoors by attracting owls and small birds of prey. Keep cats indoors. if they ever did anything for pest control it would require them being 100% confined to a building.
Keep your lands guarded with fences, locks, alarms, cameras, and guns. Not dogs. Dogs should be FRIENDLY.
Simple as.

>>580610
Rottweilers (at least the original european strain) are actually very calm dogs that have no specific inclination (other than their stature) to attack.

Also toxoplasmosis might also be associated with behavioural changes and cognitive defects in adults. I've only read one study, but it's something you might wanna look into, if you're interested.

>>580610
You have toxo right now and there's nothing you can do to prevent it. Cats are raisinting and pissing in the grass you walk in LOL