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From: miamiferret
Date: 2002-01-12 19:29:00 UTC
Subject: Re: toxoplasmosis

One of the fine vets here once said...

"Ferrets cannot pass infective toxoplasmosis oocytes in their feces.
To contract Toxoplasmosis from a ferret, one would have to eat poorly
cooked ferret meat."

Since you didn't say your ferret was missing, your friend did not
contract it at your place.

mike


--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "maikeru207" <maikeru207@y...> wrote:
> Are ferrets just as likely to pass this on as cats? If so, by what
> means is it passed from animal to human? We recently had a
pregnant
> friend stay with us (and our single ferret) and she says she has
> tested positive. She owns a dog.
>
> Thanks, Michael