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More than half of sampled free-roaming cats in NYC are infected with zoonotic parasites, with young male cats acting as 'super-shedders' of roundworm (Toxocara) eggs, highlighting public health risks

07.08.26 | PLOS
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Zoonotic endoparasites and Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity in free-roaming cats (Felis catus) from New York City boroughs
More than half of sampled free-roaming cats in NYC are infected with zoonotic parasites. Credit: Tatiana Mokhova, Unsplash, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

More than half of sampled free-roaming cats in NYC are infected with zoonotic parasites, with young male cats acting as 'super-shedders' of roundworm ( Toxocara ) eggs, highlighting public health risks

Article URL : https://plos.io/3QGSMED

Article title: Zoonotic endoparasites and Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity in free-roaming cats ( Felis catus ) from New York City boroughs

Author countries: USA.

Funding: This work was funded by institutional startup funds from Long Island University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Rowan University, Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine.

PLOS One

10.1371/journal.pone.0351437

Zoonotic endoparasites and Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity in free-roaming cats (Felis catus) from New York City boroughs

8-Jul-2026

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Zoonotic endoparasites and Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity in free-roaming cats (Felis catus) from New York City boroughs
Intestinal parasites recovered by fecal flotation from free-roaming cats in NYC:Toxocara cati. Credit: Pratap Kafle, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Keywords

Animal Diseases Animals Diseases and Disorders Felines Health and Medicine Life Sciences Organismal Biology Parasitic Diseases Zoonoses

Article Information

Journal
PLOS One
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0351437
Article Publication Date
2026-07-08
Article Title
Zoonotic endoparasites and Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity in free-roaming cats (Felis catus) from New York City boroughs
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

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PLOS. (2026, July 8). More than half of sampled free-roaming cats in NYC are infected with zoonotic parasites, with young male cats acting as 'super-shedders' of roundworm (Toxocara) eggs, highlighting public health risks. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L7V9EX08/more-than-half-of-sampled-free-roaming-cats-in-nyc-are-infected-with-zoonotic-parasites-with-young-male-cats-acting-as-super-shedders-of-roundworm-toxocara-eggs-highlighting-public-health-risks.html
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"More than half of sampled free-roaming cats in NYC are infected with zoonotic parasites, with young male cats acting as 'super-shedders' of roundworm (Toxocara) eggs, highlighting public health risks." Brightsurf News, Jul. 8 2026, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L7V9EX08/more-than-half-of-sampled-free-roaming-cats-in-nyc-are-infected-with-zoonotic-parasites-with-young-male-cats-acting-as-super-shedders-of-roundworm-toxocara-eggs-highlighting-public-health-risks.html.