Testing for Toxo

Re: Testing for Toxo

• coldlife2 member

  April 2021

  knottie0e6786280b1f79ce said:

  Hi all,
  
  I was wondering if anyone did testing for toxoplasmosis while they were pregnant? My husband is a hunter, and I feel like I am around a lot of raw meat, so I am constantly worried about contamination and catching it. I’m 23 weeks. Has anyone done the testing or tested positive while pregnant? 

  
  

  This isn’t a thing. The CDC website says nothing other than wash your hands after handling raw meat, just like you always should. Any other source I could find only talks about getting it from consuming under cooked meat with no differentiation between wild game or store bought. Honestly, I consider the wild game we harvest to be safer than store bought meat. I know exactly where it came from, exactly how it was processed, exactly how it was stored and transported, etc. 
  

  
  

  I’ve butchered wild game while pregnant, and we eat probably quite a bit more wild meat and store-bought meat than average. This concern has never even crossed my mind. 

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