[Laura McCaw]

Okay so back when I thought our CLF had Giardia, it had in fact been Coccidia, so we treated our other 2 pups as well all on Albon for 15 days.

Well, I noticed the other day the similar looking stool with our CLF again but our other 2 boys both have nice firm healthy looking stools. So I took it in to our vet and it showed she had Coccidia once again. The vet told me that most likely the boys aren't showing because they have built an immunity to it?? Anyways, we are treating again.

This is my question though. We are constantly keeping their area, kennels, etc clean by constantly cleaning up the feces. They get frest water every day. So the only thing I can think of which my vet agrees, is that we allow our dogs to play in our 3 acre pasture at times and yes, there is mice and YES our pups will literally find them and EAT them, UGH. Our vet told us that if the mouse in infected then our dogs will be too after he/she eats the mouse. Also, if the dogs eat infected cat feces which for some reason those butt-heads can always seem to find from a stray cat. This isn't just from the pasture as we do have mice all around where we live and thankfully I have never found one in the house. We have 2 cats that do live here and are HUGE mouse hunters, but if the mice are infected then that would make our cats???

I am just so frustrated because it seems that although we are treating now, that this will just be a round about battle!!!

Any suggestions as to what I can do, or if a dog builds an immunity to it, will it matter in the end if they have it??? I am so confused.

Thanks in advance!

 

[EdA]

recurrent clinical coccidiosis is uncommon, current best treatment for coccidiosis is Ponazuril given as a single dose or 2 doses one week apart

 

[WRL]

As Dr Ed said, Ponazirul is the only thing on the American market that KILLS coccidia.

Most dogs build an immunity to it, but under times of "stress" will have a breakout. Stress can be training, separation anxiety or most anything.

Obviously, she has loose stools. How loose are they?

I've found Albon only really works well if you have ONE dog. Multiple dogs (animals) permit stool eating, and just basically coming in contact with feces that is contaminated.

How old is your dog?

WRL

 

[Laura McCaw]

Okay thanks so much and I will mention Ponazirul to our vet.

Hmmm.. great point WRL, we have been working with her lately on her training and she is in fact a soft dog and can get stressed at times.

Her stools will be just barely soft, but then afterwards they would have this gooey runny stool, almost greasy, but definitely gooey. They have never been "PURE" runny though, it just always seems that last bit of her stool will be the runny. It still has a form to it though.

Also she is 6 1/2 months old. The first time we found that she had it was at 9 weeks old, 1 week after we got her.

So if a dog has an immunity to it, does this mean they can not get it? Unless stressed of course. Our 2 males have nice firm stools, so does this mean they most likely do not have it at all? Also, if they have an immunity to it, would they not be able to get it from her?

Sorry for all the questions, I am just trying to figure this stuff out.

 

[EdA]

Okay thanks so much and I will mention Ponazirul to our vet.

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it is Ponazuril (pronounced pon az er il) marketed as Marquis, an anti-protozoal labeled for use in horses, it's use in dogs is off label so your veterinarian may not be familiar with it, if your veterinarian subscribes to VIN there is a great deal of information on it's use for coccidia in puppies and kittens

 

[Laura McCaw]

Okay thanks. What about Corid? Ever heard of it? If so, any thoughts? I was reading up and it said that 2 tablespoons per gallon of drinking water can prevent the Coccidiosis. It also listed 1mL per 5 lbs of dogs body weight although this stuff is for cattle and poultry.

 

[Rainmaker]

This is a pretty comprehensive article on coccidia. http://www.pet-informed-veterinary-advice-online.com/coccidiosis-in-dogs.html#coccidia-treat

 

[Laura McCaw]

This is a pretty comprehensive article on coccidia. http://www.pet-informed-veterinary-advice-online.com/coccidiosis-in-dogs.html#coccidia-treat

Thank you so very much, extremely helpful but I am not even near done reading but I am doing that right now. It is nice to have more knowledge on these types of things.

 

[yunde]

Hi Laura,

sorry to hear about your pup and coccidia. I fought this with my pup for quite some time after many trips to the vet and a few rounds of albon my vet gave us corid to mix with the water. It seemed to do the job as that was the last thing we used before he got better. His stool tested clear of coccidia but I still couldn't get a consistent stool. so I went to another vet for an opinion. She was concerned that the pup was on corid so long( about a month of mixing it with every bowl of water) she said it's just so strong for such a small dog(its designed for horses and lamb i believe), at that point he was about 5 months old. She convinced me to try a food with a different protien source other than chicken, which i did reluctantly, at that point I was feeding Euk, and switched to lamb and rice diamond. That seemed to do the trick almost immediately, never went back to the vet for loose stools again.

So I guess corid worked for me, and I am not seeing any side affects, Copper is almost 2 now and doing great. Good luck, I know what your going through, cleaning kennels, and cleaning bowls every day. Hope the dog gets well soon.