Your cat may have worms if they are vomiting, losing weight, or you see worms in their stool. Cats may get roundworms, tapeworms, hookworms, or heartworms. You can treat a worm infestation with ...

Cats in particular can carry a parasite known as Toxoplasma gondii. This is one of the most common parasites in the world and more than 40 million Americans are estimated to carry it. One way ...

You might think worms are only a concern when they show up in your pet’s poop. However, most dogs and cats who are diagnosed ...

Although no one wants to think about their cat having worms, intestinal parasites like tapeworms or roundworms in cats are ...

It might still affect human behavior in important ways. The infection is caused by a brain parasite transmitted by cats. The parasite lives in a sort of symbiosis with our furry friends.

In the ongoing battle between cat-lovers and dog-lovers, dog people have a hefty weapon in their arsenal: a bizarre, mind-controlling parasite you can catch by cleaning your cat's litterbox.

IT is not well-known that stray cats that have not been dewormed often carry zoonotic parasites (parasites that can be transmitted from animals to humans). I carried out surveys on faecal samples ...

It is caused by eating contaminated, poorly cooked meat and by exposure to infected cat feces, as felines are the only animal in which the parasite can sexually reproduce. Co-author Julia N.