Dirty ****ing animals....

[Baggy]

Having just done one of the most nervous Google searches of my entire life, I found this on wikipedia:

The main pathogens that are commonly looked for in feces include:

Salmonella and Shigella
Yersinia tends to be incubated at 30 °C (86 °F), which is cooler than usual
Campylobacter incubated at 42 °C (108 °F), in a special environment
Aeromonas
Candida if the person is immunosuppressed (e.g., undergoing cancer treatment)
E. coli O157 if blood is visible in the stool sample
Cryptosporidium
Entamoeba histolytica

 

[wafflycat]

In Homebase in Cambridge, there was a large, steaming pile of human excrement deposited in the foyer of the entrance to the customer loos... right in front of the entrance to the gents'. There is no mistaking the amount & smell..

 

[Fab Foodie]

Hepatitis is one thing that's transferred in human poo.

Yeah, just figured that one. Baggy, I've been looking at the same info...

Sorry, but whilst researching the answer I came across this old goody!

Bristol Stool Chart

The Bristol Stool Chart or Bristol Stool Scale is a medical aid designed to classify the form of human feces into seven categories. Sometimes referred to in the UK as the "Meyers Scale," it was developed by K.W.Heaton at the University of Bristol and was first published in the Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology in 1997.[1] The form of the stool depends on the time it spends in the colon.[2]

The seven types of stool are:

Separate hard lumps, like Maltesers (hard to pass)
Sausage-shaped, but lumpy
Like a sausage but with cracks on its surface
Like a sausage or snake, smooth and soft
Soft blobs with clear cut edges (passed easily)
Fluffy pieces with ragged edges, a mushy stool
Watery and all liquid
Types 1 and 2 indicate constipation, with 3 and 4 being the "ideal stools" especially the latter, as they are the easiest to pass, and 5–7 being further tending towards diarrhea or urgency.[2]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Bristol_Stool_Chart.png

Ought to do a poll!

 

[Arch]

Nowhere near all human diseases are transmissible through poo though Arch. So whilst I agree the reasonable assertion that it will contain some, I have not much idea which they are and whether they are more or less hazardous than those transmittable from dogs poo. Though there's plenty of evidence from say sewage infested water etc. What's the situation in snappers case?
I'm interested in the answer.

Oh yes, I didn't mean to say all dieases are transmitted that way, I was just suggesting that the statement about relative 'toxicity' was simplistic.

Given the stuff dogs eat, I'm not sure there's much transmissable from humans to dogs. Alas, I don't have my vet friend to hand to ask. Dogs being carnivores, they probably have immune systems capable of dealing with a great deal of stuff, more than us (and certainly those of us who live in the soft developed world whose immune systems are a bit molly coddled)

 

[Baggy]

Separate hard lumps, like Maltesers (hard to pass)

The lighter way to enjoy chocolate!

 

[wafflycat]

I have that very poster on the wall of my guest cloakroom. I do like to help visitors assess their state of health. It's a sort of public service you know.

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Oh yes, I didn't mean to say all dieases are transmitted that way, I was just suggesting that the statement about relative 'toxicity' was simplistic.

Given the stuff dogs eat, I'm not sure there's much transmissable from humans to dogs. Alas, I don't have my vet friend to hand to ask. Dogs being carnivores, they probably have immune systems capable of dealing with a great deal of stuff, more than us (and certainly those of us who live in the soft developed world whose immune systems are a bit molly coddled)

My understanding of dogs' guts is that they contain much stronger hydrochloric acid than humans. This acid destroys most pathogens before their toxins can be released into the dog, therefore protecting said canine.

 

[rich p]

No-one has explained whether dog owners relieve themselves of responsibility for their dog's excrement when the dogs are off the lead and out of sight.

 

[Fab Foodie]

From an Abstract on the impact of dog fouling in Naples...

Dogs are associated with more than 60 zoonotic diseases among which, parasitosis and, in particular, helminthosis, can pose serious public-health concerns worldwide. Many canine gastrointestinal parasites eliminate their dispersion elements (eggs, larvae, oocysts) by the faecal route. The quantity of canine faeces deposited on public and private property in cities worldwide is both a perennial nuisance and an important health issue. Public sites such as playgrounds, parks, gardens, public squares and sandpits may be an important source of human infection.

 

[Dayvo]

I remember that stool chart!

Someone was kind enough to post it on the C+ forum!

 

[Fab Foodie]

I have that very poster on the wall of my guest cloakroom. I do like to help visitors assess their state of health. It's a sort of public service you know.

I like that, may have to do the same (bet Mrs FF will go crazy!).

 

[alecstilleyedye]

No-one has explained whether dog owners relieve themselves of responsibility for their dog's excrement when the dogs are off the lead and out of sight.

so that's where it came from…

 

[Crackle]

No-one has explained whether dog owners relieve themselves of responsibility for their dog's excrement when the dogs are off the lead and out of sight.

'relieved' very good.

I know exactly where mine goes when he dashes off, they all have their favourite spots and routines. Any dog owner should be able to keep track of their dog's habits

 

[rich p]

so that's where it came from…

I have, in the dim and distant past, cr*pped in the woods when caught short but I put it in a plastic bag and dumped it by the entrance to the car park alongside all the other bags that the dog owners had left there.
Only some of the above is true

 

[Baggy]

If you're ever walking on Exmoor or Dartmoor and encounter a pair of crossed twigs stuck in the ground, rest assured X does not mark the spot of buried doubloons.