Introduction to Giardia Protozoa
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If I had a dime for every email I received about
reoccurring loose stools or constant diarrhea, I’d be able to buy a
winery in the south of France. It is a frustrating situation for small
dog owners, so you can imagine a giant breed with loose stools is no
fun at all!
Honestly, after skin
issues, diarrhea seems to be the next biggest
challenge for pet owners. It is especially so for those who have adopted a rescue dog, or purchased a dog
from a “less than desirable” kennel situation or
pet shop, or purchased a dog that has been under great stress before
coming to your home.
If it is a young puppy, Coccidia is often the
problem and easy to find in a fecal test then treat with PBG- 51 (a natural wormer) or Albon which is a drug.
Coccidia stools have a very distinct sour smell to them. In older
puppies and adults the Giardia Protozoa is often the
culprit, and it is next to IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT because you
have to catch it just at the right cyst cycle, or it is not evident
there is a Giardia problem.
If this is a problem for my puppy buyers, I tell them to forget the testing for Giardia and simply worm with the “PBG-51 all natural wormer” from FirstChoiceNaturals.com OR Panacur wormer, which can be purchased on line but is very expensive and has to be used multiple times to be effective.
The PBG-51 formula is not expensive and very reliable and the dog’s system does not reject it over time. I will provide dosage and where to locate below.
As with any worming there is the potential for loose stool while being cleaned out. Probiotics used AM and PM are very important when worming.
At this time nothing else works for well for
Giardia, but vets use Metronidazole and Flagyl which only stops it for a
short time, then it returns.
CAUTION: IF YOUR DOG HAS HEARTWORM, DO NOT WORM WITH PANACUR OR PGB-51 AS IT WILL ALSO KILL THE HEARTWORM, WHICH CAN CLOG THE HEART OF THE DOG AND CAN CAUSE DEATH. IF YOUR DOG IS ON A HEART WORM PREVENTATIVE IT SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM TO USE THESE TWO WORMERS, BUT TALK TO YOUR VET ABOUT HAVING YOUR DOG TESTED FOR HEARTWORM FIRST.
Please take note,
dogs that have the potential for the MDR1 mutation gene Collies,
Shelties, Aussies, etc. with the merle gene should not be given
Metronidazole or Flagyl but they can have the PBG-51 wormer with no problem.
Giardia in dogs can occur when there is with to lakes, ponds, and standing water and passed by birds, but if you have a problem with more than one dog and you have a well on the property, I would certainly have your water tested for it. Giardia
is now a relatively normal organism in the digestive tract and when
under stress it becomes problematic. Giardia in
dogs is almost impossible to find in a stool check so I tell my puppy buyers not to even bother with the test, just automatically worm them with PBG-51 wormer. If your vet insists on a test, make sure that you do not bring a stool from home, that tells me the vet does not know how to properly test for giardia. You need a fresh, warm stool so it is best to use a loop tool and take a sample from the dog. Even then, if the giardia cyst is not present, it will come up with a false negative.
For some dogs loose stools are due to over feeding the
dog, so before you worm or test, try cutting back a bit on their food
for a couple of days and see if that makes a difference. For some it is
a digestive sensitivity so a change to a better brand of dog food ,
like Precise or Nutri Source, Pure Vita and this could take care of the
problem and adding a probiotic daily, even if it is on the food
already can make a big difference.
When your dog is on an antibiotic, understress or being wormed. It is
very important to use a combination
probiotic product that has some beneficial
bacteria in it that are microencapsulated, so they release down into the
lower digestive tract.
Giardia
is an enormous problem with dog rescues and if you have a rescue dog, then it should automatically bewormed with PBG-51 to make sure the dog does not bring it to the property. These poor dogs have
have been neglected and compromised on many levels before
they get into a foster situation. I can NOT emphasize
enough that giardia tests rarely find this parasite.Yogurt ALONE is not powerful enough to reseed the gut
with beneficial bacteria, YOU MUST USE A MULTIPLE BACTERIA PROBOTIC TO RESEED THE GUT.
What To Do First
1) Order KIT
#23 – GIARDIA – ANTI-PARASITE GUT SUPPORT
2) Order PBG-51 Natural Wormer
WHERE TO PURCHASE BOTH:
www.firstchoicenaturals.com OR
800-937-1104.
Get on the path of restoring your pet’s to health. The kit will help restablish the gut as well as the nutrition that has been lost due to diarrhea over time.
What’s In Giardia Kit#23 ?
BacPakPlus
probiotics -
It is my experience
that NO other probiotic will work well for this extreme problem. You can purchase
something locally to get your dog started before your BacPakPlus
arrive,s but this probiotic was developed specifically for difficult
digestive issues such as yeast, giardia, coccidia and bloat.
MSM
– use and recommend the VitaFlex brand of MSM because it
has been around the longest and the info on using MSM for Giardia was
in their research and patent information. patent
(#4,616,039) research information.
According to the Vita-Flex label you can double this dose under stress.
The following instructions from the container are for Canine use of
MSM.
1/4 teaspoon = 1000 mg or 1 gram
1- 45 lb. – 1/4 teaspoon
45-90 lb. – 1/2 teaspoon
above 90 lb. – 3/4 teaspoon
Give double amounts for 10 days then you can move down to once a day.
Blackleaf use daily on their food, it will work on the giardia in the inbetween times. Take 3 days to
ease into to the recommended dosage so they do not detoxify too fast
and get lethargic and loose stools.
Nzymes
granulars
or chewable pet treats- to detoxify the body -take 3 days to
ease into the recommended dosage so they do not detox too fast and get
lethargic and more loose stool.
Spark
of Life - trace minerals, critical to the bodies
metabolism, these are lost with diarrhea or chronic loose stools and
these must be replaced. YOu can start this immediately and dose
according to the label.
For Internal Parasite Control Dogs
1 CC of PBG-51, per 10 lbs body weight up to 50 lbs.
Then 50 lbs and over use 5 CC – total -regardless of weight over 50 lbs.
This is a liquid and can be mixed with other things like canned meat or given directly with a syringe (no needle) into the side of the mouth..follow up with a treat to make it tolerable. Some do do not mind it, some dogs are’t so crazy about it.
Give wormer for 3 days, then repeat in 2 weeks for 3 more days, then followup with once a month for prevention.
Candida Fungus, give for 3 days, repeat in two weeks for 3 days then give it for 1-2 days each month to keep it at low levels. Probiotics should be given daily as well to help reseed the gut. You might want to add it to drinking water after it has been given for the two weeks. Make sure your dogs drink the water. Add 1.5 CC per gallon of drinking water .
PBG – 51 is non-toxic, non-corrosive, and human and animal and plant friendly.
Note: When dealing with tiny toy breed dogs, I am not confident about using this wormer on anything under 8 lbs of weight without diluting the dosage. Make sure you reduce the dosage down –if under 10 lbs. One suggestion is to use 1 cc for 10 lbs of weight, but cut it in half
for tiny dogs. They have special needs like the giant breeds!! If a dog weighs less than 5 lbs, you need to contact your vet for worming.
To Purchase wormer, contact First Choice Naturals, Inc. at1-765-287-8288
Website: http://www.firstchoicenaturals.comÂ
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Pet owner writes: “We
had her stool checked again for Giardia it was negative, of course”.
My
Response:“From all that you are telling me, this
dog has Giardia – you simply can’t find it! It is so hard to find you
just need to treat for it.Discuss with your vet about worming her with
Panacur – do it for 4-5 days, then in 11-13 days take the same dosage
you have for 4-5 days. This Giardia is IMPOSSIBLE to find. Everything
you tell me says this is a giardia dog and you won’t get relief until
you get this cleared up. I know one pre-vet student that ended up
taking her dog to work with her, pulling a fresh stool samples
3 times a day for several days before they actually found it – and here
she is working with the vets right there in the laboratory at UC Davis
and even they didn’t find it! You have nothing to lose to try my
suggestion because at this point nothing else is working.”
Owners
Response After Following My Suggestion:
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We saw a new
vet at the office and I convinced her to treat for Giardia with
Panacur, per your suggestion. Within 2 days, her stools
looked better than I had seen in a long time. Within a week,
she gained 3 pounds. She still isn’t eating a lot yet , but 2
1/2 cups dry and 1 can is better than barely 1 cup dry with gravy per
day. She’s gaining weight! She’s definitely feeling
better. Anyway, thanks again. I REALLY APPRECIATE
everything. – TSM
Here is a letter from another pet
owner – March 2011
Dear Linda,
I wanted to take a
minute to thank you SO SO SO much for your information regarding the
treatment of giardia. I purchased a puppy at 4 and a half months of age
who was in a terrible hoarding situation. She, her siblings, and her
mother were taken to a kill shelter in Tennessee, and the puppies were
rescued by a rescue group. Unfortunately, her mother was euthanized.
Upon receiving my puppy, she appeared thin and weak. Her fur looked
horrible, and she had an infection from her spay wound opening and not
being treated properly by the rescue facility. She also had severe…
SEVERE diarrhea. I was getting up almost constantly the first night to
take her outside so she wouldn’t soil her crate.
I took her to so
many veterinarians, and spent THOUSANDS of dollars over the course of a
few months to try and get her diarrhea under control. They had me
convinced that due to her terrible upbringing thus far, she had IBS and
I’d need to forever keep her on flagyl to keep her stools firm enough
that she could hold herself throughout the night. I didn’t accept this
as a diagnosis, and so my search for her issues began online. Thank god
I found you Linda.
I followed your
instructions, and aggressively dewormed her with panacur (admittedly,
longer than you suggested due to her case being so severe), and it
WORKED! There is simply no excuse for so many doctors and specialists
to not know what may be causing this due to her symptoms.
Thank you for
helping me to save my puppy. I love her to death and I was so terrified
to lose her. Enclosed are a couple of pictures of her in healthier
times.
Sincerely and
respectfully, Carrie L.
MORE INFO ABOUT GIARDIA
Giardia
- this is a waterborne protozoa (a parasite, but not
a worm) which is VERY difficult to detect. Only at certain cycles will
the cysts be noticeable in the stool which makes it next to impossible
to detect. To test for this you need to to have the vet go up inside
the rectum with a loop and take a fresh/warm sample of stool from the
dog in order to get an accurate reading. You can’t bring one in in a
baggie! Even if the dog shows up as negative for Giardia, and the dog
exhibits any of these symptoms, you need to discuss with your vet the
necessity to treat for Giardia, in order to rule out any infestation.
Intermittent
loose stools (most dogs have this and it can happen to puppies).
Will
not gain weight
Poor
appetite
Some
dogs will eat but keep losing weight
Graze
on grass excessively
Gassy
Anytime you have a dog
that will not gain weight, is on/off their feed and/or with
intermittent loose stools, gas or diarrhea, you should check for
Giardia first, before you start running up vet bills looking for other
health problems. Sometimes these dogs will not eat, because Giardia
causes such stomach upset and severe cramping. It is because of this,
they will often graze on grasses excessively.
Giardia is a very big problem, one that goes undetected by most
veterinarians Carol Turkington writes, “Once an infestation of Giardia, it often
reoccurs. Giardia is spread by food or water contaminated by the
Giardia protozoan organism found in the intestinal tract and feces.
When the cysts are ingested, the stomach acid degrades the cysts and
releases the active parasite into the body. Once within the body, the
parasites cling to the lining of the small intestine, reproduce, and
are swept into the fecal stream. As the liquid content of the bowel
dries up, the parasites form cysts, which are then passed in the feces.
Once excreted, the cysts can survive in water for more than three
months. The parasite is spread further by direct fecal-oral
contamination, such as can occur if food is prepared without adequate
hand-washing, or by ingesting the cysts in water or food.”
Turkington goes on to state, “Diagnosis can be difficult because it can
be easy to overlook the presence of the Giardia cysts during a routine
inspection of a stool specimen. In the past, the condition has been
diagnosed by examining three stool samples for the presence of the
parasites. However, because the organism is shed in some stool samples
and not others, the infection may not be discovered using this method.
A newer, more accurate method of diagnosing the condition is the
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that detects cysts and
antigen in stool, and is approximately 90% accurate. While slightly
more expensive, it only needs to be done once and is therefore less
expensive overall than the earlier test.”
In 2001, Flagyll (Metronidazole) appeared effective in only about 60%
of the cases. “Currently, some vets feel the effectiveness of
Flagyl (Metronidazole) is down to 70%. Known side effects of Flagyl are
nausea, disorientation, yeast growth, liver failure depression,
regurgitation, and nerve damage”.
This is another waterborne parasite that vets
do not test for but could be at the root of your problem. Ask you vet
to read about Cryptosporidiosis but this can be handled with PBG-51 Wormer.
http://www.cdc.gov/Ncidod/dpd/parasites/cryptosporidiosis/default.htm
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