"Dan L." wrote in message news:doesnotwork-

I do believe cat poo is harmful to humans.

A risk of disease tranmission at least (eg toxoplasmosis), not to menton the
smell.

I think it goes like this. If
the animal is a carnivore (eats meat) and has a one chamber stomach,

So do many herbivores. Horses and rabbits for example produce manure that is
quite suitable for the garden from a one-chambered stomach.

the
animal uses E-coli to break down the proteins - then yes it is bad for
vegetable gardening. The biblical sense - an unclean animal - humans
included

Animals that are herbivores that just eats plants, chew the cud, like
cows, have a multi-chamber stomach and does not use E-coli for digestion
- then yes it is good for the garden. I think it need to dry out first.


The ruminants (cattle, sheep, goats, bufalo, alpacas etc ) have
multi-chambered stomachs also have E Coli in their gut.

The main issue is, are there likely to be diseases that can pass from the
manure to humans, this is not limited to which strain of E Coli may be in the
gut. This is the source of the generalisation about carnivore manure being
unsuitable and herbivore being suitable. A secondary consideration is the
smell and the minimal fibre content in carnivore manure. It isn't the shape
of the digestive tract or the bible :-)

David