Dr. Cliff Redford
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I got to watch them eat the food.
I got to talk to them every once in a while.
So this is easy.
Yeah, yeah.
Now, the surprise thing, though, the surprise ending was they also surmised, back to cats, that cats have a parasite called toxoplasmosis.
It can cause schizophrenia.
And bipolar disorder, it's where potentially the term crazy cat lady came from, is these single women who have a lot of cats.
They probably have toxoplasmosis, and it can cause some mental instability.
I don't know.
I'm not a therapist.
Arguably, I'm not even a doctor, depending on who you ask.
But...
Basically, dogs are better for kids than cats are, but nothing beats the goldfish.
Yeah, the mouse is the intermediate host.
It is not really a problem in the northern U.S.
or Canada.
They did the mother risk group, which checks risks for for moms because toxoplasmosis can also cause abortions.
They did a study in Ontario here where they checked men and women working.
Yeah.
miscarriages, men and women working in the veterinarian field.