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Sheep farmers with a barren rate of more than 2% can now receive a subsidised flock blood test to establish whether ... Sheep may benefit from toxoplasmosis check. Aly Balsom 08 January 2010 >More in.

A parasite believed to be present in more than 40 million people in the United States and often spread by domestic and wild cats could hamper ongoing conservation efforts in bighorn sheep. A ...

Annual FlockCheck blood test results consistently demonstrate that a significant proportion of aborted ewes tested have been exposed to either toxoplasmosis or EAE – and sometimes both. For example, ...

Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from consumption of raw or undercooked meat of an intermediate host (such as pig, sheep and rabbit) ...

How Are HIV and Toxoplasmosis Related? To understand how common toxoplasmosis is, you need to know how many people test positive for the T. gondii parasite. About 10% of U.S. adults have the ...

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A Tasman farmer wants tougher rules for cats after toxoplasmosis devastated his flock of sheep, costing him $14,000 in damages. Lloyd Faulkner has been farming in the Tapawera area for 65 years ...