By: Pelle K

Pelle K — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:57:59 +0000

Cat poo could contain the protozoan Toxoplasma gondi which causes toxoplasmosis. If you are fit and well your chance of catching this disease is minimal, but for a child or pregnant woman, this disease could be fatal. It looks like there are no children or pregnant women in that place so there should be any problem. The smell of the poo alone wont cause any problem disease wise. Like the name says, you get cat scratch fever/disease from being scratched by a cat, and the causative organism is a bacterium and not T gondi.
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By: SuperVibrationalEscrow

SuperVibrationalEscrow — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:42:59 +0000

Just smelling cat poo? Nothing harmful except it stinks. If you were to get it on you over and over you could potentially be at risk for toxoplasmosis (cat scratch fever), but it has to be direct physical contact, not smelling it. Technically breathing ammonia from the pee could cause some respiratory issues, but it would be unlikely except in an extreme circumstance where the matter was allowed to build up to a very unsanitary level.
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