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To investigate the prevalence of feral cats that excrete &lt;i&gt;T&lt;\/i&gt;. &lt;i&gt;gondii&lt;\/i&gt; oocysts in the feces, we examined fecal samples of 563 feral cats over a 3-year period from 2009 to 2011. Oocysts of &lt;i&gt;T&lt;\/i&gt;. &lt;i&gt;gondii&lt;\/i&gt; excreted into the feces were found from 4 of 128 cats in 2009 (3.1%) and one of 228 (0.4%) in 2010 while none of the 207 cats in 2010 were found positive with oocysts in their feces, resulting in an overall prevalence rate of 0.89% (5\/563) between 2009 and 2011. Among the 5 cats that tested positive with &lt;i&gt;T&lt;\/i&gt;. &lt;i&gt;gondii&lt;\/i&gt; oocysts, 4 of the cats were male and 1 was a female with an average body weight of 0.87 kg. Numerous tissue cysts of 60 \u00b5m in diameter with thin (&lt;0.5 \u00b5m) cyst walls were found in the brain of one of the 5 cats on necropsy 2 months after the identification of oocysts in the feces. 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