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Giardia: Animals
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Giardia is a potential health concern for both man and animals alike. Correct measures should always be employed in order to properly diagnose, control and treat giardiasis. Much work has been done in the area of Giardia research, but there is still much to be done. Preventing and controlling giardiasis will require the joint efforts of both the human medical and veterinary medical professions.
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MSM patent (#4,616,039) research information on MSM, states"the dosage for treating Giardia to be 500 mg - 3 times a day for two weeks, then continue with 1000 mg a day to help prevent Giardia re-infestation. Once an animal/human has Giardia infestation, they may have a reoccurrence of it throughout out their life." So keep that in mind. According to the Vita-Flex label you can double this dose under stress. Contact: www.firstchoicenaturals.com OR 800-937-1104.
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Prevent Reintroduction of Giardia : Giardia can be brought into the kennel or cattery either by introducing an infected animal or on your shoes or boots. Any new animal should be quarantined from the rest of the animals and be treated and cleaned as described above. You should either use disposable shoe covers or clean shoes/boots and use a footbath containing quaternary ammonium compounds to prevent people from reintroducing Giardia.
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Consequently, these banding patterns provide a reliable indicator of the presence or absence of different species and strains of Giardia. It has been shown that these species or strains are associated predominately with certain animal groups such as rodents or humans. By identifying these varieties of different Giardia, it is possible to determine sources of Giardia pollution. Since some Giardia species or strains are sometimes found in other animal groups, it is important ... to strengthen the validity of the results with other microbial source tracking tests such as the Human Enterococcus IDTM, Cow E. coli IDTM, or Pig E. coli IDTM services. Furthermore other species or strains of Giardia might be present in the sample that were not detected with the restriction enzymes used. Additional restriction enzymes or other genomic techniques should be used to identify other species or strains of Giardia that might be present in the sample.
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