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"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.

Not to mention that most soil has been through the gut of about 500,000
worms. People are encouraged on this group to chuck manure on everything
etc. etc. If they want to stay really hygienic perhaps they should live in a
tower-block on the 10nth floor and not go near a garden.

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

Quite.

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 :-)


Thank you. Our dog regularly rolls in it ‹ he thinks it makes him more
attractive. Believe me, it doesn't.