No, yes: Cats are the only definitive hosts for toxoplasmosis, which means that the parasite only produces eggs (oocysts) in a cat, which can be excreted to the environment. Other animals, including humans, can be infected but don't excrete eggs. Eating an animal infected with toxoplasmosis can transmit the disease.
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Toxoplasmosis: If milk is obtained from a cow or goat that has udders that infected with Toxoplasmosis & the milk is ingested without being pasteurized - that could be a cause. Eating undercooked birds, sheep, goats, cattle, pigs or poultry that is contaminated by Toxoplasma gondii. It has been contracted from eating undercooked game birds.
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