From: "Gary Britt" 

Anyone whose ever gone quail hunting knows just how easy it is to get
sprayed.  Things can get pretty nuts on a long line dove hunt also.  Its
really a miracle there aren't more such accidents.

Gary

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> Thinks to live by
>
> Wash your hands
>
> Don't go hunting with Cheney
>
>
> "Mark"  wrote in message
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> > Ted Nugent was right after all?
> >
> > Seriously though, all those tips sound like the standard safety
procedures
> > to avoid salmonella from chicken, so shouldn't be anything new for any
> > responsible cook -- does make one want to eat in more often than out
> > though.
> >
> > "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> > news:43f0dd1e{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> It looks like cats can only spread Toxoplasma via their feces.
> >>
> >> The CDC reports that more than 60 million Americans are infected
> >>
> >>
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/toxoplasmosis/factsht_toxoplasmosis.htm
> >> No, cats only spread Toxoplasma in their feces for a few weeks
following
> >> infection with the parasite. Like humans, cats rarely have symptoms
when
> >> first infected, so most people do not know if their cat has been
> >> infected. The infection will go away on its own; therefore it does not
> >> help to have your cat or your cat's feces tested for Toxoplasma.
> >>
> >> How can I prevent toxoplasmosis?
> >>
> >> There are several general sanitation and food safety steps you can take
> >> to reduce your chances of becoming infected with Toxoplasma.
> >>
> >> Wear gloves when you garden or do anything outdoors that involves
> >> handling soil. Cats, which may pass the parasite in their feces, often
> >> use gardens and sandboxes as litter boxes. Wash your hands well with
soap
> >> and water after outdoor activities, especially before you eat or
prepare
> >> any food.
> >>
> >> When preparing raw meat, wash any cutting boards, sinks, knives, and
> >> other utensils that might have touched the raw meat thoroughly with
soap
> >> and hot water to avoid cross-contaminating other foods. Wash your hands
> >> well with soap and water after handling raw meat.
> >>
> >> Cook all meat thoroughly; that is, to an internal temperature of 160ø F
> >> and until it is no longer pink in the center or until the juices become
> >> colorless. Do not taste meat before it is fully cooked.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
> >> news:43f0d833{at}w3.nls.net...
> >>> As a cat owner with one cat that regularly eats wild
mice, it concerns
> >>> me
> >>> that cats are a prevalent carrier.
> >>>
> >>> I'd be interested if you get more info on it, and what it takes to
kill
> >>> the
> >>> parasite, etc.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Gary
> >>>
> >>> "Rich Gauszka" 
wrote in message
> >>> news:43f0b963$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >>>> Start with Cheney - keep all shotguns away from him
temporarily at
> >>>> least
> >>> :-)
> >>>>
> >>>> Ideology aside - that half the worlds population is affected by
> >>>> Toxoplasma
> >>>> parasites  is interesting. I wonder if there are any studies by
> >>>> geographic
> >>>> location?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> "Gary Britt"
 wrote in message
> >>>> news:43f0ac7e{at}w3.nls.net...
> >>>> > Bush is a dog person.  The common thread in all
of this is the host
> >>>> > engages
> >>>> > in behavior calculated to lead to its death.  In
other words the
> >>>> > hosts
> >>> are
> >>>> > trying to commit suicide.  This would explain
not neocon behavior,
> >>>> > but
> >>>> > liberal neo surrender monkey behavior.  They are
trying to do
> >>>> > everything
> >>>> > they can to interfere with their defense in the face on an
> >>>> > intractable
> >>> and
> >>>> > deadly enemy (i.e., they are trying to commit
suicide).  Maybe we
> >>>> > should
> >>>> > start testing Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Cindy
Sheehan, everyone at
> >>>> > Daily
> >>>> > KOS, Monte, etc for these parasites.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Gary
> >>>> >
> >>>> > "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
> >>>> > news:43efa227{at}w3.nls.net...
> >>>> >> Maybe the neocons have a valid excuse. The
Toxoplasma didn't like
> >>> Saddam?
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060211/sc_space/mindcontrolbyparasites
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Mind Control by Parasites
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Half of the world's human population is
infected with Toxoplasma,
> >>>> > parasites
> >>>> >> in the body-and the brain. Remember that.
> >>>> >> Toxoplasma gondii is a common parasite found
in the guts of cats;
it
> >>>> >> sheds
> >>>> >> eggs that are picked up by rats and other
animals that are eaten
by
> >>> cats.
> >>>> >> Toxoplasma forms cysts in the bodies of the
intermediate rat
hosts,
> >>>> >> including in the brain.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Since cats don't want to eat dead, decaying
prey, Toxoplasma takes
> >>>> >> the
> >>>> >> evolutionarily sound course of being a
"good" parasite, leaving
the
> >>> rats
> >>>> >> perfectly healthy. Or are they?
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Oxford scientists discovered that the minds
of the infected rats
> >>>> >> have
> >>>> >> been
> >>>> >> subtly altered. In a series of experiments,
they demonstrated that
> >>>> >> healthy
> >>>> >> rats will prudently avoid areas that have
been doused with cat
> >>>> >> urine.
> >>> In
> >>>> >> fact, when scientists test anti-anxiety
drugs on rats, they use a
> >>>> >> whiff
> >>>> >> of
> >>>> >> cat urine to induce neurochemical panic.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> However, it turns out that Toxoplasma-ridden
rats show no such
> >>> reaction.
> >>>> > In
> >>>> >> fact, some of the infected rats actually
seek out the cat
> >>>> >> urine-marked
> >>>> > areas
> >>>> >> again and again. The parasite alters the
mind (and thus the
> >>>> >> behavior)
> >>> of
> >>>> > the
> >>>> >> rat for its own benefit.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> If the parasite can alter rat behavior, does
it have any effect on
> >>>> >> humans?
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Dr. E. Fuller Torrey (Associate Director for
Laboratory Research
at
> >>>> >> the
> >>>> >> Stanley Medical Research Institute) noticed
links between
Toxoplasma
> >>> and
> >>>> >> schizophrenia in human beings, approximately
three billion of whom
> >>>> >> are
> >>>> >> infected with T. gondii:
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>   a.. Toxoplasma infection is associated
with damage to
astrocytes,
> >>> glial
> >>>> >> cells which surround and support neurons.
Schizophrenia is also
> >>>> >> associated
> >>>> >> with damage to astrocytes.
> >>>> >>   b.. Pregnant women with high levels of
antibodies to Toxoplasma
> >>>> >> are
> >>>> >> more
> >>>> >> likely to give birth to children who will
develop schizophrenia.
> >>>> >>   c.. Human cells raised in petri dishes,
and infected with
> >>>> >> Toxoplasma,
> >>>> > will
> >>>> >> respond to drugs like haloperidol; the
growth of the parasite
stops.
> >>>> >> Haloperidol is an antipsychotic, used to
treat schizophrenia.
> >>>> >> Dr. Torrey got together with the Oxford
scientists, to see if
> >>>> >> anything
> >>>> > could
> >>>> >> be done about those parasite-controlled rats
that were driven to
> >>>> >> hang
> >>>> > around
> >>>> >> cat urine-soaked corners (waiting for cats).
According to a recent
> >>> press
> >>>> >> release, haloperidol restores the rat's
healthy fear of cat urine.
> >>>> >> In
> >>>> > fact,
> >>>> >> antipsychotic drugs were as effective as
pyrimethamine, a drug
that
> >>>> >> specifically eliminates Toxoplasma.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Are parasites like Toxoplasma subtly
altering human behavior? As
it
> >>> turns
> >>>> >> out, science fiction writers have been
thinking about whether or
not
> >>>> >> parasites could alter a human being's
behavior, or even take
control
> >>>> >> of
> >>> a
> >>>> >> person. In his 1951 novel The Puppet
Masters, Robert Heinlein
wrote
> >>> about
> >>>> >> alien parasites the size of dinner plates
that took control of the
> >>> minds
> >>>> > of
> >>>> >> their hosts, flooding their brains with
neurochemicals. In this
> >>> excerpt,
> >>>> >> a
> >>>> >> volunteer strapped to a chair allows a
parasite to be introduced;
> >>>> >> the
> >>>> >> parasite rides him, taking over his mind.
Under these conditions,
it
> >>>> >> is
> >>>> >> possible to interview the parasite; however,
it refuses to answer
> >>>> >> until
> >>>> >> zapped with a cattle prod.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>   He reached past my shoulders with a rod. I
felt a shocking,
> >>> unbearable
> >>>> >> pain. The room blacked out as if a switch
had been thrown.. I was
> >>>> >> split
> >>>> >> apart by it; for the moment I was masterless.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>   The pain left, leaving only its searing
memory behind. Before I
> >>>> >> could
> >>>> >> speak, or even think coherently for myself,
the splitting away had
> >>> ended
> >>>> > and
> >>>> >> I was again safe in the arms of my master...
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>   The panic that possessed me washed away; I
was again filled with
> >>>> >> an
> >>>> >> unworried sense of well being...
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>   "What are you?" "We are the
people... We have studied you and we
> >>>> >> know
> >>>> > your
> >>>> >> ways... We come," I went on, "to
bring you peace.. and
> >>>> >> contentment-and
> >>>> >> the
> >>>> >> joy of-of surrender." I hesitated
again; "surrender" was not the
> >>>> >> right
> >>>> > word.
> >>>> >> I struggled with it the way one struggles
with a poorly grasped
> >>>> >> foreign
> >>>> >> language. "The joy," I repeated,
"-the joy of . . .nirvana." That
> >>>> >> was
> >>> it;
> >>>> >> the word fitted. I felt like a dog being
patted for fetching a
> >>>> >> stick; I
> >>>> >> wriggled with pleasure.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Still not sure that parasites can manipulate
the behavior of host
> >>>> > organisms?
> >>>> >> Consider these other cases:
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>   a.. The lancet fluke Dicrocoelium
dendriticum forces its ant
host
> >>>> >> to
> >>>> >> attach to the tips of grass blades, the
easier to be eaten. The
> >>>> >> fluke
> >>>> > needs
> >>>> >> to get into the gut of a grazing animal to
complete its life
cycle.
> >>>> >>   b.. The fluke Euhaplorchis californiensis
causes fish to shimmy
> >>>> >> and
> >>>> >> jump
> >>>> >> so wading birds will grab them and eat them,
for the same reason.
> >>>> >>   c.. Hairworms, which live inside
grasshoppers, sabotage the
> >>>> > grasshopper's
> >>>> >> central nervous system, forcing them to jump
into pools of water,
> >>>> >> drowning
> >>>> >> themselves. Hairworms then swim away from
their hapless hosts to
> >>> continue
> >>>> >> their life cycle.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Not all science-fictional parasites are
harmful; read about the
> >>> Crosswell
> >>>> >> tapeworm from Brian Aldiss' 1969 story
Super-Toys Last All Summer
> >>>> >> Long
> >>>> > (the
> >>>> >> basis for the Kubrick/Spielberg film AI),
which keeps people who
> >>> overeat
> >>>> >> from becoming obese. Not to mention robots
based on parasites.
Read
> >>> press
> >>>> >> release on evidence for link between
Toxoplasma and schizophrenia,
> >>>> > Suicidal
> >>>> >> grasshoppers. Story via blogger Carl Zimmer
and his readers.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >
> >>>> >
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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