Dogs and cats = abortion, infertility?
Does pregnancy raise cat dog child to be able to abort, deformation? Are cats and dogs really the culprits?
Wrong! It is not cats and dogs that are harmful to pregnant women, but Toxoplasma gondii.
Do cats and dogs get Toxoplasma gondii?
It's not!
First of all, domestic dogs and cats themselves are not highly infected with Toxoplasma gondii.
According to the survey of Toxoplasma infection rate in various places. The infection rate of urban dogs and cats was lower than that of rural dogs and cats, and the infection rate of domestic dogs and cats was lower than that of stray dogs and cats.
The more developed the economy, the lower the infection rate of Toxoplasma gondii. The data showed that the infection rate of dogs and cats in some areas of Shanghai in 2002 could be as low as zero, and the positive rate of Toxoplasma gondii serological survey in dogs in Dongguan, Guangdong Province in 2006 was 0.66%. In 2011, the infection rate of dogs and cats in Beijing was 1% -3%, and even in Shandong in 2015, the infection rate was only 3% -5%.
Compared with humans, the infection rate of Toxoplasma gondii in dogs and cats is not high. Because of dietary habits, the infection rate in China is 5% -10%, while the infection rate in other countries in the world is 20% -30%.
Secondly, Toxoplasma gondii in dogs and cats does not necessarily infect their owners.
Toxoplasma gondii mainly parasitizes in the muscles of dogs, and can only be infected by eating raw dog meat directly, while cats will only discharge feces with Toxoplasma gondii eggs about 3-5 days after the first infection of Toxoplasma gondii, and will not be infected at other times. It is not easy to transmit Toxoplasma gondii through cats and dogs.
Families of dogs and cats infected with Toxoplasma gondii have some data to prove that the infection rate to their owners is zero. Pregnant women's contact with cats and dogs did not increase the risk of Toxoplasma infection, indicating that Toxoplasma prevention is completely controllable.
Bad habits are more terrible than dogs and cats.
Toxoplasma gondii is widely distributed around the world. In addition to infecting humans, it can also infect more than 200 species of animals, such as mammals, birds and cold-blooded animals. Most cases of human infection with Toxoplasma gondii are believed to be due to eating food and drinking water containing cysts. Toxoplasmosis is widespread in the environment due to the wide host range and complex life cycle of toxoplasmosis.
The article "Investigation of Toxoplasma Infection and Risk Factors in Pregnant Women in Wuxi Area" points out that close contact with animals (including animal husbandry), eating raw meat, eating hot pot or barbecue, and tasting raw meat are the risk factors for Toxoplasma infection in pregnant women, and even some factors are more dangerous than contact with animals.
It is not difficult to prevent Toxoplasma.
Do not eat raw food, meat must be cooked before eating, household chopping boards are separated from raw and cooked, fruits and vegetables are fully cleaned, and do not touch the soil barefoot, basically can prevent Toxoplasma infection.
If you are a pet family, as long as you do a good job of deworming and vaccination for dogs and cats, do not let dogs and cats pick up randomly, do not feed raw food, shovel excrement for cats every day, and wash your hands frequently, you can not only prevent dogs and cats from infecting us, but also prevent dogs and cats from infecting us.
