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Ruggero
at Tue Sep 2 05:31:50 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Ruggero ]
I think the same disease can be either curable or treatable:
it depends from the host.
Human infectious diseases such as Cryptosporidiosis or Cyclosporiasis or Cryptococcosis are benign and curable in normal patients: in AIDS patients they are only treatable or can
be even fatal.
I had 2 Spilotes (snake of south and central America) which
carried Coccidia: they were NOT ILL ! They were only carriers, with no symptoms at all.
After treatment with Clazuril and Toltrazuril one snake is totally free from parasites; the other snake still eliminetes
very few oocysts.
In one case Coccidia were "curable" (I mean they have been totally eradicated); in the other case, some of them still live...
But in the books, one reads that the coccidia, after several sexual moltiplications (from which the oocysts arise), stop to moltiplicate (if there is no reinfection from feces) and die.
I really don't know if it's always true: but the hope is alive !
Euthanize is not a solution.
I would recommend to separate your animals; to remove promptly feces; and to treat (with your vet help) all the animals with, for instance, Clazuril.
If your pets are only carriers (just like my snakes) and do NOT suffer actually from coccidiosis, the problem is even lighter...
Let us know !
Ruggero
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RE: Coccidia life cycle - Ruggero, Tue Sep 2 05:31:50 2003