Because Giardia cysts are infective immediately when passed into the environment, feces should be removed quickly and disposed of.
The reason for more than one test is, again,
because giardia cysts aren't passed in every stool, so a test immediately following treatment may be negative, but a test a week later could be positive.
Not exact matches
Giardia - The American Animal Hospital Association also recommends against vaccinating for giardia, because the vaccine can prevent shedding of cysts but doesn't prevent inf
Giardia - The American Animal Hospital Association also recommends against vaccinating for
giardia, because the vaccine can prevent shedding of cysts but doesn't prevent inf
giardia,
because the vaccine can prevent shedding of
cysts but doesn't prevent infection.
Giardia can be hard to diagnose
because the parasite
cysts become shriveled in the routine fecal solution that is used to bring eggs to the surface and adhere to the cover slip.
The top of the centrifuged material for nematode ova, Capillaria eggs,
Giardia cysts, coccidia (Cryptosporidia, Isospora or Eimeria) oocysts
because they float well