What is Toxoplasma gondii What if the cat gets toxoplasmosis?

Many families with cats will send their cats away when they are pregnant, mainly to prevent them from being infected with Toxoplasma gondii. Do you know what Toxoplasma gondii is? What if the cat got toxoplasmosis?

What is Toxoplasma gondii

1. Alias

Toxoplasma gondii, also known as three corpses, three Peng, three corpses, three corpses, etc., is a kind of intracellular parasite. Parasitic in the cells, with the blood flow, to all parts of the body.

two。 Harm

Toxoplasmosis is a human and animal infection caused by Toxoplasma gondii. Toxoplasma gondii belongs to the smallest and simple class of parasites called protozoa. It can damage the brain, heart and fundus, resulting in a decline in immunity and suffering from various diseases.

3. Performance

People: it can cause miscarriage, premature delivery, malformation or stillbirth, especially infection in early pregnancy, and the incidence of malformation is high. In the neonatal period, there are fever, rash, vomiting, diarrhea, jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, anemia, myocarditis, epilepsy and so on. Confluent pneumonia is a common cause of death.

Cats: cats are infected as intermediate hosts, and their symptoms can be divided into acute type and chronic type.

Acute type: the sick cat has a fever, and the body temperature is often above 40 ℃. Poor mental illness, anorexia, drowsiness, dyspnea. Sometimes vomiting and diarrhea occur. Stillbirths and miscarriages can occur in pregnant cats.

Chronic type: loss of appetite, weight loss and anemia, sometimes neurological symptoms. Pregnant cats can also have miscarriages and stillbirths. If the cat is used as the final host, the symptoms are mild and show mild diarrhea.

What if the cat gets toxoplasmosis?

1. Sulfadiazine can be taken 4 times a day according to 10mg/kg body weight, or pyrimidine according to 1mg/kg body weight once a day for 7 days.

two。 Inexperienced beginners can send them directly to the pet hospital for treatment.

3. Prevention and treatment: keep the cat house clean and hygienic, dispose of the cat feces in time, disinfect regularly, and strictly disinfect the fetus and feces produced by the cat abortion in order to prevent pollution of the environment.

Because toxoplasmosis is a disease that can infect people, people who have pets at home, especially cats, should pay special attention to it.