My 8 month old puppy was infected with Giardia last month and was treated with Flagyl and Reglan.
It flared up again last week, and now she is on Flagyl (longer dose) and had finished her Panacur series.
The doctor suggested about vaccinating my female for Giardia since she is considered high risk due to her activities. He isn't pushing it, nor have I seriously considered it.
I try to raise her naturally, and this philosophy extends to vaccination protocols as well.
I wonder if any of you have heard of it. And more importantly, are there holistic ways to reduce the risk, if it is even possible to do so?
She enjoys swimming in the lake, and I am sure that is how she got infected.
I found this little paragraph interesting and find it deserving of more research. It sounds like this vax would be absolutely no help to you. Wonder why it was recommended?
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Vaccine?
A Giardia vaccine made by Fort Dodge Animal Health is on the market but it is not intended to prevent infection in the vaccinated animal. Instead the vaccine is licensed as an adjunct to treatment and is used to reduce the shedding of cysts by the vaccinated patient. This would be helpful in a kennel situation that is trying to reduce environmental contamination during an outbreak or where an animal keeps getting reinfected, but it is not helpful to the average dog whose owner wants to simply prevent infection.
The 2006 American Animal Hospital Association Guidelines list this vaccine as “not recommended.”
It's good to know that my suspicions are confirmed.
As far as I can gather, a dog infected with it will be a carrier for life since it is almost impossibly to eliminate all the cysts. And I couldn't imagine that a vaccine would be able to do eliminate flare-ups entirely
So what exactly is its purpose then?
I had to read it a few times since the wording was so confusing. It is like a really roundabout way of saying it is pointless.
Jennifer N. Hack Webboard User Reg: 07-15-2008
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Never.
The only purpose of the Giardia Vaccine is so that YOU won't get the protozoa in the shed cells. It does nothing for the dog. It is not just non core, it's "Not Recommended" according to AAHA.
Are you also supplementing the diet with probiotics? I would find a new place to let her swim, since she is probably picking it up in the water, geese also spread it. To prevent you getting it, use hygiene such as bleach in areas where she defecates, and wash your hands well. If you get it, you will have cramps and diarrhea.
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