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who here knows about giardia?
I was at the vet's the other day and they were treating a Labrador for this
parasite. It supposedly comes from the dog drinking from a natural waterway where "infected" flukes were present. My fish have never had flukes, but I wonder if it would hurt our neighbor's dog if he drank water from my pond and they actually had a case of them before I knew of it. Flukes are bad enough, but "infected" ones? I wouldn't worry about it, but it just made me wonder because he is such a nice dog. |
Ann in Houston wrote:
I was at the vet's the other day and they were treating a Labrador for this parasite. It supposedly comes from the dog drinking from a natural waterway where "infected" flukes were present. My fish have never had flukes, but I wonder if it would hurt our neighbor's dog if he drank water from my pond and they actually had a case of them before I knew of it. Flukes are bad enough, but "infected" ones? I wouldn't worry about it, but it just made me wonder because he is such a nice dog. Not much, but some. Giardia is known as "Beaver Fever". I'm not remotely sure that there's any relationship between fish flukes and the flukes your vet was talking about. Probably not. However, Giardia is now so endemic in North America that you can not safely drink untreated water from any stream. The problem is, many municipal drinking water systems (Thunder Bay, Ontario, is the largest I know of) have discovered Giardia even in their _treated_ water. Remember how as a kid you'd just make sure the water wasn't muddy before you drank from it? Don't even think about it now. Giardia isn't a deadly disease, afaik, but you never get rid of it. Sort of like the Malaria of the beaver world. As for the neighbor's dog, there's not much you can do. If your fish pond is infected, it had to have come from somewhere, and the likelihood would be nearby streams. -- derek |
"Ann in Houston" wrote in message m... I was at the vet's the other day and they were treating a Labrador for this parasite. It supposedly comes from the dog drinking from a natural waterway where "infected" flukes were present. My fish have never had flukes, but I wonder if it would hurt our neighbor's dog if he drank water from my pond and they actually had a case of them before I knew of it. Flukes are bad enough, but "infected" ones? I wouldn't worry about it, but it just made me wonder because he is such a nice dog. Giardia is a problem in any waterway where animals have defecated in or near the water. It's a common problem for backcountry hikers. It's the main reason many hikers, filter their water. Many hikers joke about going on the Giardia Diet, in which no matter how much you eat, you lose weight because you are unable to digest anything. LOL. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasi...ht_giardia.htm BV. |
As for the neighbor's dog, there's not much you can do. If your fish pond is infected, it had to have come from somewhere, and the likelihood would be nearby streams. -- derek Thanks, Derek. Even though the brochure from the vet did say it was fish flukes that carry the parasite, I won't worry about Pablo, since we have no streams nearby. Ann |
"Ann in Houston" wrote:
I was at the vet's the other day and they were treating a Labrador for this parasite. It supposedly comes from the dog drinking from a natural waterway where "infected" flukes were present. My fish have never had flukes, but I wonder if it would hurt our neighbor's dog if he drank water from my pond and they actually had a case of them before I knew of it. Flukes are bad enough, but "infected" ones? I wouldn't worry about it, but it just made me wonder because he is such a nice dog. Hi Ann, One of my dogs was diagnosed with it about a year ago. She was treated and was fine. They all drink from the pond and that is the first time any have been found ill because of it. If you take the pet to the vet early enough, it should not be a problem. Try doing a google search on giardia and it will tell you all you need to know. San Diego Joe 4,000 - 5,000 Gallons. Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
Benign Vanilla wrote:
Giardia is a problem in any waterway where animals have defecated in or near the water. It's a common problem for backcountry hikers. It's the main reason many hikers, filter their water. Many hikers joke about going on the Giardia Diet, in which no matter how much you eat, you lose weight because you are unable to digest anything. LOL. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasi...ht_giardia.htm D**n. I didn't want to know that much about it. Now my hypochondria is telling me I've had it for 20 years... It would explain how I've not quite managed to get fat on my wife's cooking. -- derek |
Benign Vanilla wrote:
Giardia is a problem in any waterway where animals have defecated in or near the water. It's a common problem for backcountry hikers. It's the main reason many hikers, filter their water. Many hikers joke about going on the Giardia Diet, in which no matter how much you eat, you lose weight because you are unable to digest anything. LOL. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasi...ht_giardia.htm D**n. I didn't want to know that much about it. Now my hypochondria is telling me I've had it for 20 years... It would explain how I've not quite managed to get fat on my wife's cooking. -- derek |
Derek Broughton wrote:
Giardia isn't a deadly disease, afaik, but you never get rid of it. Giardia can be deadly and you can get rid of it. Giardia causes severe dehydration which can be deadly if not treated. A friend of mine got giardia while hiking the Appalachian Trail and almost died before he could get to a hospital. He was hospitalized for a while. Giardia can be cured by treatment with drugs such as metrodiazole (Flagyl) or nitazoxanide. If a single cyst remains in the body, reinfection can occur. In this case further treatment is necessary. Some doctors have other courses of treatment for cases that are very difficult to cure. The disease is caused by cysts and trophozoites that are a type of giardia, a protozoan flagellate. A single cyst can cause an infection. The infection is called giardiasis. Giardiasis (GEE-are-DYE-uh-sis) is a diarrheal illness caused by a one-celled, microscopic parasite, Giardia intestinalis (also known as Giardia lamblia ). Once an animal or person has been infected with Giardia intestinalis , the parasite lives in the intestine and is passed in the stool. Because the parasite is protected by an outer shell, it can survive outside the body and in the environment for long periods of time. During the past 2 decades, Giardia infection has become recognized as one of the most common causes of waterborne disease (found in both drinking and recreational water) in humans in the United States. If one must drink water of uncertain sources, boiling kills the parasite instantly. You do not have to boil the water for 5-10 minutes. As soon as the water comes to boil, the parasite is killed. |
Derek Broughton wrote:
Giardia isn't a deadly disease, afaik, but you never get rid of it. Giardia can be deadly and you can get rid of it. Giardia causes severe dehydration which can be deadly if not treated. A friend of mine got giardia while hiking the Appalachian Trail and almost died before he could get to a hospital. He was hospitalized for a while. Giardia can be cured by treatment with drugs such as metrodiazole (Flagyl) or nitazoxanide. If a single cyst remains in the body, reinfection can occur. In this case further treatment is necessary. Some doctors have other courses of treatment for cases that are very difficult to cure. The disease is caused by cysts and trophozoites that are a type of giardia, a protozoan flagellate. A single cyst can cause an infection. The infection is called giardiasis. Giardiasis (GEE-are-DYE-uh-sis) is a diarrheal illness caused by a one-celled, microscopic parasite, Giardia intestinalis (also known as Giardia lamblia ). Once an animal or person has been infected with Giardia intestinalis , the parasite lives in the intestine and is passed in the stool. Because the parasite is protected by an outer shell, it can survive outside the body and in the environment for long periods of time. During the past 2 decades, Giardia infection has become recognized as one of the most common causes of waterborne disease (found in both drinking and recreational water) in humans in the United States. If one must drink water of uncertain sources, boiling kills the parasite instantly. You do not have to boil the water for 5-10 minutes. As soon as the water comes to boil, the parasite is killed. |
Derek Broughton wrote:
Giardia isn't a deadly disease, afaik, but you never get rid of it. Giardia can be deadly and you can get rid of it. Giardia causes severe dehydration which can be deadly if not treated. A friend of mine got giardia while hiking the Appalachian Trail and almost died before he could get to a hospital. He was hospitalized for a while. Giardia can be cured by treatment with drugs such as metrodiazole (Flagyl) or nitazoxanide. If a single cyst remains in the body, reinfection can occur. In this case further treatment is necessary. Some doctors have other courses of treatment for cases that are very difficult to cure. The disease is caused by cysts and trophozoites that are a type of giardia, a protozoan flagellate. A single cyst can cause an infection. The infection is called giardiasis. Giardiasis (GEE-are-DYE-uh-sis) is a diarrheal illness caused by a one-celled, microscopic parasite, Giardia intestinalis (also known as Giardia lamblia ). Once an animal or person has been infected with Giardia intestinalis , the parasite lives in the intestine and is passed in the stool. Because the parasite is protected by an outer shell, it can survive outside the body and in the environment for long periods of time. During the past 2 decades, Giardia infection has become recognized as one of the most common causes of waterborne disease (found in both drinking and recreational water) in humans in the United States. If one must drink water of uncertain sources, boiling kills the parasite instantly. You do not have to boil the water for 5-10 minutes. As soon as the water comes to boil, the parasite is killed. |
Great information, Stephen. Thanks much.
Nedra "Stephen M. Henning" wrote in message ... Derek Broughton wrote: Giardia isn't a deadly disease, afaik, but you never get rid of it. Giardia can be deadly and you can get rid of it. Giardia causes severe dehydration which can be deadly if not treated. A friend of mine got giardia while hiking the Appalachian Trail and almost died before he could get to a hospital. He was hospitalized for a while. Giardia can be cured by treatment with drugs such as metrodiazole (Flagyl) or nitazoxanide. If a single cyst remains in the body, reinfection can occur. In this case further treatment is necessary. Some doctors have other courses of treatment for cases that are very difficult to cure. The disease is caused by cysts and trophozoites that are a type of giardia, a protozoan flagellate. A single cyst can cause an infection. The infection is called giardiasis. Giardiasis (GEE-are-DYE-uh-sis) is a diarrheal illness caused by a one-celled, microscopic parasite, Giardia intestinalis (also known as Giardia lamblia ). Once an animal or person has been infected with Giardia intestinalis , the parasite lives in the intestine and is passed in the stool. Because the parasite is protected by an outer shell, it can survive outside the body and in the environment for long periods of time. During the past 2 decades, Giardia infection has become recognized as one of the most common causes of waterborne disease (found in both drinking and recreational water) in humans in the United States. If one must drink water of uncertain sources, boiling kills the parasite instantly. You do not have to boil the water for 5-10 minutes. As soon as the water comes to boil, the parasite is killed. |
Great information, Stephen. Thanks much.
Nedra "Stephen M. Henning" wrote in message ... Derek Broughton wrote: Giardia isn't a deadly disease, afaik, but you never get rid of it. Giardia can be deadly and you can get rid of it. Giardia causes severe dehydration which can be deadly if not treated. A friend of mine got giardia while hiking the Appalachian Trail and almost died before he could get to a hospital. He was hospitalized for a while. Giardia can be cured by treatment with drugs such as metrodiazole (Flagyl) or nitazoxanide. If a single cyst remains in the body, reinfection can occur. In this case further treatment is necessary. Some doctors have other courses of treatment for cases that are very difficult to cure. The disease is caused by cysts and trophozoites that are a type of giardia, a protozoan flagellate. A single cyst can cause an infection. The infection is called giardiasis. Giardiasis (GEE-are-DYE-uh-sis) is a diarrheal illness caused by a one-celled, microscopic parasite, Giardia intestinalis (also known as Giardia lamblia ). Once an animal or person has been infected with Giardia intestinalis , the parasite lives in the intestine and is passed in the stool. Because the parasite is protected by an outer shell, it can survive outside the body and in the environment for long periods of time. During the past 2 decades, Giardia infection has become recognized as one of the most common causes of waterborne disease (found in both drinking and recreational water) in humans in the United States. If one must drink water of uncertain sources, boiling kills the parasite instantly. You do not have to boil the water for 5-10 minutes. As soon as the water comes to boil, the parasite is killed. |
Great information, Stephen. Thanks much.
Nedra "Stephen M. Henning" wrote in message ... Derek Broughton wrote: Giardia isn't a deadly disease, afaik, but you never get rid of it. Giardia can be deadly and you can get rid of it. Giardia causes severe dehydration which can be deadly if not treated. A friend of mine got giardia while hiking the Appalachian Trail and almost died before he could get to a hospital. He was hospitalized for a while. Giardia can be cured by treatment with drugs such as metrodiazole (Flagyl) or nitazoxanide. If a single cyst remains in the body, reinfection can occur. In this case further treatment is necessary. Some doctors have other courses of treatment for cases that are very difficult to cure. The disease is caused by cysts and trophozoites that are a type of giardia, a protozoan flagellate. A single cyst can cause an infection. The infection is called giardiasis. Giardiasis (GEE-are-DYE-uh-sis) is a diarrheal illness caused by a one-celled, microscopic parasite, Giardia intestinalis (also known as Giardia lamblia ). Once an animal or person has been infected with Giardia intestinalis , the parasite lives in the intestine and is passed in the stool. Because the parasite is protected by an outer shell, it can survive outside the body and in the environment for long periods of time. During the past 2 decades, Giardia infection has become recognized as one of the most common causes of waterborne disease (found in both drinking and recreational water) in humans in the United States. If one must drink water of uncertain sources, boiling kills the parasite instantly. You do not have to boil the water for 5-10 minutes. As soon as the water comes to boil, the parasite is killed. |
On or about Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:15:02 -0300, Derek Broughton
was seen typing: Ann in Houston wrote: I was at the vet's the other day and they were treating a Labrador for this parasite. It supposedly comes from the dog drinking from a natural waterway Remember how as a kid you'd just make sure the water wasn't muddy before you drank from it? Don't even think about it now. Giardia isn't a deadly disease, afaik, but you never get rid of it. Sort of like the Malaria of the beaver world. Yup. We have a special portable water bottle for this that has a filter that will take the spores out. It goes on every trip with us. Look for the aqua filter line at GoNowShop.com Just another reason to wash up after every pond visit, especially for values of "Visit" that include "immersion." "Have a nice trip?" -- Crashj |
On or about Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:15:02 -0300, Derek Broughton
was seen typing: Ann in Houston wrote: I was at the vet's the other day and they were treating a Labrador for this parasite. It supposedly comes from the dog drinking from a natural waterway Remember how as a kid you'd just make sure the water wasn't muddy before you drank from it? Don't even think about it now. Giardia isn't a deadly disease, afaik, but you never get rid of it. Sort of like the Malaria of the beaver world. Yup. We have a special portable water bottle for this that has a filter that will take the spores out. It goes on every trip with us. Look for the aqua filter line at GoNowShop.com Just another reason to wash up after every pond visit, especially for values of "Visit" that include "immersion." "Have a nice trip?" -- Crashj |
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