Classical anticoccidial therapies (all coccidioSTATIC: it means they block the reproduction of coccidia, and the host immune system must then eliminate the parasite) are to my knowledge:



SULFA DRUGS (Albon, Socatil, Bactrim, ecc.);





CLAZURIL, TOLTRAZURIL: Clazuril is less toxic than Toltrazuril (it does not accumulate), and the dosage is 10 mg/kg;



But...a vet friend of mine (very updated and prepared in reptile medicine) has confirmed and repeated to me that:

PANACUR is effective and safe in eliminating coccidia (this is a very NEW experience) at a dosage of 25 mg/kg 7-8 days long.

My friend says dr.Frye has recently written about this, but, on the web, I've found nothin to confirm this. Nothing...





And then I think (I'm a physician) about another medicine which is used to treat Cryptosporidiosis in human AIDS patient: paromomicin (Humatin).

It's an antibiotic which is not absorbed from the gut, and which is certainly active against reptile coccidia (I've found one source on the web, that can confirm this) but NOBODY tries or uses paromomicin. Why ?

It could be also interesting in reptile crypto, but really nobody recurs to this drug.

I really don't know the reason...



Ruggero

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