Chesney's Fecal Exam- Giardia

[CorgiPaws]

A little update.
Diarrhea started last night... all... night... long.
And not just Chesney.
Grissom had it this morning, and he hasn't had diarrhea ever on raw. Not even once.
I'm keeping a close eye on annie and champ, so far so good. Fingers crossed.
Jon is swinging by the vet in an hour on his lunch break, he's going to try to get them to give him the safeguard stuff. I hope they'll give me some for grissom without doing a fecal first. Fecals are $50 here, I've never paid that before for a fecal. In utah I was only paying aroud $25.


ETA: We started three days of Panacur for Chesney and Grissom.
Still really hoping that Annie and Champ don't show any signs, so far so good!!

[whiteleo]

What medicine did Jon come home with?

[CorgiPaws]

What medicine did Jon come home with?

Panacur.
I'm supposed to give grissom two of the little powdery packets per day, and chesney one for three days, then he wants to run a fecal on both of them.
*fingers crossed*

My vet actually gave him this without him requesting it, that's just what he perscribed. I told Jon to go in and ask for SafeGuard, assuming he'd give the nasty flagyl stuff, and the vet told him he perscribed Panacur, and that he never recommends flagyl unless it's an absolute last resort, because it's "pretty nasty stuff with some pretty nasty side effects."
I knew I liked this vet, aside from him recommended high quality kibble "like science diet, iams, and upper end purina stuff." haha.

[whiteleo]

Thats good news! I hope word gets out to other vets about the use of this for giardia.

[Jodysmom]

I'm glad you didn't have to persuade your vet to prescribe Panacur. I've read that Flagyl just holds the symptoms at bay for a while but doesn't get rid of it. Please keep us updated.

[Doc]

I am the king of Giardia!!!!!!! It can be deadly in young pups. They are nasty little protozoan critters that attach to the intestinal walls and multiply. If your pup or dog tested positive, you really should be concerned. Not treating can lead to the smaller intestine being sucked into the larger intestine which can/will cause death if not treated.

That M medicine that the vet prescribes is not worth a damn. I will never use it on any of my dogs.

Liquid Panacur (Safe Guard Goat Wormer - Tractor Supply $17.99) is the cure. It is not labled in the US for Giardia but it is in in the UK. I perfer the liquid over the grannular packets. 1 ml per 5 pounds 1 time per day is the rate for 3 days. I do not think 5 days will cause any problem. If one dog has Giardia, I would treat every dog.

As a side note, Panacur is labeled for intestinal worms. As a breeder, I use it on week 6 with the pups. Should any Giardia be lurking, I wipe it out with my regular worming schedule with my pups.

Good luck.

PS You may want to retreat in month.

[CorgiPaws]

I am the king of Giardia!!!!!!! It can be deadly in young pups. They are nasty little protozoan critters that attach to the intestinal walls and multiply. If your pup or dog tested positive, you really should be concerned. Not treating can lead to the smaller intestine being sucked into the larger intestine which can/will cause death if not treated.

That M medicine that the vet prescribes is not worth a damn. I will never use it on any of my dogs.

Liquid Panacur (Safe Guard Goat Wormer - Tractor Supply $17.99) is the cure. It is not labled in the US for Giardia but it is in in the UK. I perfer the liquid over the grannular packets. 1 ml per 5 pounds 1 time per day is the rate for 3 days. I do not think 5 days will cause any problem. If one dog has Giardia, I would treat every dog.

As a side note, Panacur is labeled for intestinal worms. As a breeder, I use it on week 6 with the pups. Should any Giardia be lurking, I wipe it out with my regular worming schedule with my pups.

Good luck.

PS You may want to retreat in month.

She did in fact have it, and our other three, we're pretty sure got it too because they all got terrible diarrhea.
We treated all four of them with the Panacur, and they're all clear now.

[whiteleo]

Doc, long time no hear from you, where ya been? Hope to hear from you lots and lots more.

[Doc]

I been around, LOL. I hope to be back more regularly now. Been investigating another intestinal problem - cryptosporidium. It is worst than Giardia - very difficult to eliminate once it is established in the gut/lower intestine. Many doggie vets have never heard of it or treated for it. Very similar symptoms as Giardia but the normal fecal test does not pick up on it. And again, that damn Metro whatever is the usual prescription and does nothing for it. Even Panacur will not touch it.

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