Four in five UK sheep farms have been exposed to the abortion-causing parasite Toxoplasma gondii, according to early results ...

Early results from the 2025 FlockCheck diagnostic scheme, run by MSD Animal Health, reveal that 80% of farms tested so far ...

Otago University researchers estimate 40,000 people are affected by ocular toxoplasmosis, but lack of funding is hampering ...

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic zoonotic infection ... The infection causes more severe pathology in small ruminants like sheep and goats through ingestion of contaminated food and water, explained ...

Monitoring of ewes on six farms has found that up to 30 per cent of sheep carried toxoplasmosis, which caused a high abortion rate in pregnant ewes. Three 'experimental' farms within the 26,000 ...

Sheep that are free of worms need fewer days to slaughter ... Two serious diseases that result in foetal loss – toxoplasmosis and enzootic abortion – can be prevented through vaccinating ewes. Between ...

Pregnant women in Kumasi who come into contact with cats are nearly twice as likely to contract toxoplasmosis, a potentially dangerous infection that can harm unborn babies, a new study conducted at a ...