/b/veterinary-nursing-news/posts/134345 The British Veterinary Association has responded to &#39;alarmist&#39; headlines linking contact with cats to schizophrenia due to the risks posed by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii . The report in today&#39;s Independent contains some important messagesen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/b/veterinary-nursing-news/posts/134345Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:38:26 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:ef3ae728-545a-4903-84d3-9ff1e06d4c2dvickicannings0<p>It makes me so angry that the media don&#39;t think of the impact of their actions. I work as a nurse for a cat charity and we already have so many cats bought into us to be rehomed because the owner is pregnant. We spend a lot of time and money educating the public about having cats whilst pregnant and that it is not necessary to rehome them. These alarmist stories are going to be a huge set back for us. Already today we have had five calls from worried newly expectant parents. Whilst there is a risk, some of the papers/websites have highly exaggerated said risk but have also not done their research thoroughly and are giving highly inaccurate facts. I sincerely hope this doesn&#39;t increase the amount of cats coming into our care. I&#39;m very glad BVA have jumped on this so quickly and hope that people don&#39;t panic. Watch this space I guess..!</p> <img src="https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/aggbug?PostID=134345&AppID=4&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">