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Diagnosis of Giardia infection in 14 calves
G St Jean1, Y Couture, P Dubreuil
1Department of Medicine, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
Fourteen calves, 12 days to 12 weeks old, were treated for diarrhea. Fecal examination for parasitologic, bacteriologic, or viral infection revealed Giardia in all calves; rotavirus and coronavirus were found in some calves. Thirteen affected calves were treated orally with dimetridazole (50 mg/kg of body weight, daily, for 5 days), with complete resolution of the diarrhea and elimination of the Giardia. Giardiasis should be considered as an etiologic agent of diarrhea in calves.