/b/veterinary-news/posts/70869 The British Veterinary Association has responded to &#39;alarmist&#39; headlines linking contact with cats to schizophrenia due to the risks posed by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii . The report in today&#39;s Independent contains some important messagesen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/70869Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:57:19 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:320f23f6-f585-4699-9247-f8d13c7568d6salome20010<p>Hannah, I was told by one allergy resident to get rid of my cats to control my asthma, despite having only a low grade response to intradermal testing. What she thought I was going to do about my career I have no idea... ( especially as I am one of those crazy &quot;cat-friendly practitioners&quot;)</p> <p>The toxoplasma thing is interesting. I was taught in 1992 that &quot;McDonald&#39;s burgers&quot; were the major source of Toxo infection. I am currently in my second pregnancy and both times have requested a Toxo titre to assess occupational risk : after 20 years in clinical practice I am still titre negative. Which probably reflects both my obsessive personal hygiene at work and my obsession with well done meat...</p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=70869&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/70869Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:00:50 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:320f23f6-f585-4699-9247-f8d13c7568d6Hannah Wynne Richards0<p>It really annoys me when the medical profession go totally OTT about health risks from cats-I&#39;m totally fed up of people telling me the doctor has advised that they get rid of the cat because the child has asthma-and the idiot doctor hasn&#39;t even bothered to do a Arthus to find the allergen-just automatically blamed the poor cat</p> <p>Wynne</p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=70869&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">