Dr. Cliff Redford
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But they don't it's the chores are very easy.
I just got to feed them.
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...
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 miscarriages, men and women working in the veterinarian field.
antibodies against toxos.