The newspaper traced the cat consumption trade back to the countryside or the streets of towns in several central Chinese provinces: Henan, Hebei, Jiangxi, Anhui and Zhejiang.
Despite the failure of the bill, massive ad campaigns have emerged, playing on popular emotions and morality to advocate some kind of overhaul in the government's policy toward cat consumption.
Larval cat flea consumption of L. bostrychophila eggs or immature insects could serve as this steady source of infection.
A few governments in Asia have previously outlawed killing dogs and cats for consumption, including Hong Kong in 1950.
Other risk factors previously described, such as contact with cats or consumption of raw meat, were not associated with IgG seropositivity.
Infection usually occurs by ingestion of T. gondii oocysts from infected cats or consumption of undercooked meat containing the parasite cysts.
Patients are counseled that avoidance of fecal contamination from cats and consumption of undercooked meat and meat products can significantly reduce the risk of exposure to this parasite.
Other behavioral characteristics including cats at home, cleaning cat excrement, traveling, consumption of pork, beef, venison, lamb, or meat from goat, chicken, turkey, pigeon, or squirrel, frequency of meat consumption, consumption of dried or processed meat, drinking unpasteurized milk or untreated water, consumption of unwashed raw fruits, and contact with soil had P values > 0.10.
However, extensive evidence indicates that in intact erythrocytes Prx2 contributes no more than Cat to H2O2 consumption.
The report said it became evident "that the primary business of the cold store was repacking and re-labelling as fit for human consumption Cat 3 ABP meat".
41, 57, 76– 79 It would have been desirable to obtain information about soil exposure and other factors known to be associated with T. gondii seropositivity, such as cat contact and consumption of undercooked meat, from patients referred for TORCH testing, but these data were not collected.
