Cats give you TB - official.

ChangN4N6

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2592472/More-cat-owners-catch-TB-pets-Grim-warning-vet.html Check this out guyz: ' This is a grim warning and will lead to involuntary reduction in the swelling cat population ' of SG.... It had to happen, we saw the signs last year.... Chang

Stata

Out of interest, what signs did you see last year - cat-to-human transmission of M.bovis or involuntary reduction of a swelling cat population?

Sutent

@Stata.Chang specialism is cat gutting which involves removal of foreign objects from the cats guts around Hornsey Road. Unusually there is a  very high incidence of cats swallowing objects like lighters, batteries etc  in the Hornsey Road area which requires the a vet with special interest in gutting. Chang epidemiological knowledge of cats is very poor, especially when the exposure of Hornsey Road cats to bovine TB is likely to be limited. 

Stata

I'm sure Chang would add his comment on your view of his 'cat gutting'! (or should I say your laparoscopic technique Chang?

Stella

I am Chang! You'll all be gutted.<br>

Stata

Metaphorically or literally? Or both?

Toddlesocks

Thinking about it there seems to be a lack of cats on my part of SHR, am only aware of seeing one occasionally.

Stata

Back to the subject, you're more likely to catch TB off Chang (or anyone else in London!) then you are of catching TB off a cat in Stroud Green.

Stata

Just to give a bit of perspective...

Stella

I know my iguana gives me blisters if I'm not careful. Nothing compared to cat transferred TB, of course. <br>

ChangN4N6

There are more experienced vets than me worried about this problem so check your moggies. The nhs website has info for any humans infected and wot to look for. Chang

Stata

There's nothing wrong with being vigilant, but let's not get carried away. Whilst there is only one reported case of cat-human transmission of TB (M. bovis), the human transmitted cases in the UK of TB number 8,751 in 2012 (of which 39% or 3,426 cases were in London). Lets look at it with some perspective.

Stata

http://www.hpa.org.uk/webc/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1317139689583

Stata

Btw Chang, how do you determine if a cat has active TB? You can't take a history from the cat, and you can't get a sputum sample for AFB - so what do you do? BAL?

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Stata

Ah, I'm new here.

Stella

I'm not.<br>

kreuzkav

Maybe we should all run off to a kibutz in the Negev desert?  we can discuss art, books, cycling and solar panels.

Stella

I'm not going anywhere!<br>

kreuzkav

Stella, I'm here too.  No surrender.

ChangN4N6

Sputum from cats is easy you just needs 2 hooks. I'm not sayin all of them round here are toxic but TB is a sad reality - see article . Whether you hold down two jobs in Sg or live on the outskirts in green lanes tb is not a joke so don't treat it like 1. Chang

Stata

Perhaps the error is in referring to the daily mail for such a serious matter Chang, After all the daily mail is only good for gossip, not health advice, otherwise you would believe sitting within 1 metre of an immigrant will give you cancer. Now for those hooks.... why two and not three? or four?

Idoru

Just like anything you read in the Daily Mail, it's best to take anything Chang posts with a large pinch of salt...

ChangN4N6

Immigrant? I was talking about indigenous cats (and I was born here). This is feeling ever so slight racist but I will go and have a pint. Chang

Stella

Chang, I'll be there, so make sure you'll sit at the far end, okay?<br>

ChangN4N6

Yeh if you are wearing that lady Gaga outfit again Chang

Stella

Hungry for a bloody steak, are you, love?<br>

ChangN4N6

Done Vietnamese style - yeh! Chang