Cat Parasite Toxoplasma Now Infecting Pandas Insidious parasite - TopicsExpress



          

Cat Parasite Toxoplasma Now Infecting Pandas Insidious parasite Toxoplasma, famous for thriving in cat guts and causing psychotic behavior in its hosts, has claimed its first known panda victim. Toxoplasma transfers to humans too, but who wants to live in a world where all the adorable animals are dead? In February a seven-year-old panda named Jin Yi at Zhengzhou Zo0 passed away after refusing food and appearing to be in mental distress. At the time CNN reported that the unfortunate bear was a victim to gastroenteritis and organ failure, but a necropsy last Wednesday unfortunately revealed a more sinister cause of death. Complete story: geekosystem/toxoplasma-in-pandas/
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:21:43 +0000

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