{"id":9391,"date":"2022-03-13T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/toxoplasmosis-in-cats\/"},"modified":"2022-03-13T10:00:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T10:00:34","slug":"toxoplasmosis-in-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/en\/toxoplasmosis-in-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxoplasmosis in cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poor cats have a bad reputation with this erroneous belief that they transmit <a href=\"https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/en\/ocular-diseases-in-cats\/\">diseases<\/a> to us.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, only<strong> toxoplasmosis<\/strong>, a parasitic disease that affects a large number of warm-blooded species, is contagious.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4846 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/toxoplasmosis-en-gatos.jpg\" alt=\"toxoplasmosis in cats\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/toxoplasmosis-en-gatos.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/toxoplasmosis-en-gatos-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/toxoplasmosis-en-gatos-1030x541.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/toxoplasmosis-en-gatos-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/toxoplasmosis-en-gatos-450x236.jpg 450w, https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/toxoplasmosis-en-gatos-20x11.jpg 20w, https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/toxoplasmosis-en-gatos-225x118.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/toxoplasmosis-en-gatos-900x473.jpg 900w, https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/toxoplasmosis-en-gatos-183x96.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>Cats and other felines can acquire this parasite by eating <strong>raw meat<\/strong> from other animals.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\">Amphibians, fish, reptiles, birds and other mammals act as intermediate hosts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hnYeA9eTEt4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Although it is very common, clinically it does not produce great ills, and normally does not present important symptoms. Even so, it is convenient that we do everything we can to avoid its appearance in our feline, providing it with food in good condition and keeping its <strong>hygiene<\/strong> up to date.<\/p>\n<h2>What is toxoplasmosis like?<\/h2>\n<p>When the cat ingests the <strong>contaminated<a href=\"https:\/\/mundocachorro.com\/en\/prohibited-foods-for-cats\/\">food<\/a><\/strong>, the parasitic organisms reproduce in the intestine, and the eggs are eliminated by fecal matter. This elimination occurs for only one or two weeks, and is only done <strong>once in a lifetime<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Freshly hatched, these eggs need one to three days to become infective. For this reason, and also because cats like to stay clean at all times, direct contact with them <strong>is not dangerous<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The only groups at risk are immunosuppressed persons or <strong>pregnant women<\/strong> who had contact, for the first time, with the parasite during gestation. However, any risk of contagion is eliminated with good hygiene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poor cats have a bad reputation with this erroneous belief that they transmit diseases to us. In reality, only toxoplasmosis, a parasitic disease that affects a large number of warm-blooded species, is contagious. Cats and other felines can acquire this parasite by eating raw meat from other animals. Amphibians, fish, reptiles, birds and other mammals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[583],"tags":[618,619,620],"class_list":["post-9391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cats","tag-diseases","tag-precautions","tag-toxoplasmosis-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Toxoplasmosis in Cats | Puppy World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cats have a bad reputation with the erroneous belief that they transmit diseases. 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