"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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Try Googling and see how many children are hospitalised by hedgehog/fox
poo
per annum, why don't you?

AFAIK, the statistics for toxocara in humans do not differentiate
between which host the problem came from.


Is it even possible to determine how any given infestation actually
occurred, except to differentiate between canis and cati? As the OP has
speculated on the presence of both feral cats and foxes, it is pretty safe
to assume both t-canis and t-cati will be present in her garden, regardless
of the presence of visible poo on the lawn.

Fortunately, toxocariasis in humans is very rare, with approximately 2 cases
per million people reported per annum.

It takes two to three weeks for the faeces to become infectious, anyway, so
that's plenty of time to clear up a 'safe' area for the kids to roll around
in. If they roll in fox doings once, they'll probably never forget it, the
stench is memorable :-)