However, infection rates as high as 64 percent for sheep, 45 percent for swine and 38 percent for cattle were found among animals to be used as human food. Natural infections of toxoplasmosis have ...

Sheep vet Fiona Lovatt from Flock Health outlines what can be done to manage infection in the run-up to breeding and how to diagnose it in a flock. It’s a parasite that causes toxoplasmosis in ...

Four out of five UK sheep flocks are infected with toxoplasmosis and at least a third of all flocks are carrying the bacteria that causes enzootic abortion. But while the management procedures for ...

Otago University researchers estimate 40,000 people are affected by ocular toxoplasmosis - one in four seriously - but their efforts to develop new treatments are being hampered by a lack of funding.

Sheep producers need to watch for abortions, stillbirths and weak lambs during the upcoming lambing season, according to North Dakota State University Extension Service sheep specialist Reid Redden.

Toxoplasmosis is a common infection from the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma gondii. It appears in many species of animals, but cats are the most common that transmit the parasite to humans. Over ...

Photo / Max Frethey / Waimea Weekly 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 ...