date:Jun 09, 2015
oocysts, the latent zygote that is shed through the cats feces. Shedding of oocysts only occurs for one to two weeks but within one to five days the oocysts in cat feces become infectious. Its at this point that a cat owner can conceivably pick up the parasite from their pet, most likely while cleaning out a litter box or from touching contaminated surfaces, and eventually ingest the cysts by accident. If that does happen, the parasite undergoes asexual replication, first transforming to tachyz