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- Diarrhea, which can be mild or explosive
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Weight loss
- Diminished appetite
- Gas
- Abdominal discomfort
- Foul-smelling stool
- Pale, soft, stool with mucus
- Abdominal bloating
- Dehydration
- Feces may appear fatty due to malabsorption of fat by the intestines (steatorrhea)
- Listlessness
- Your dog may contract the infection while playing in contaminated soil
- Contact with infected feces of another animal can cause Giardia
- Your dog can ingest the parasite by simply licking his body that may have been in contact with contaminated feces
- Your dog might drink water, perhaps from a stream, for example; that contains the infection causing organism
- Immunosuppressed animals are more likely to show symptoms of Giardia
- Dogs living in crowded conditions will easily pass the infection to one another
- Puppies are at greater risk
- The cysts thrive in humid environments and can survive in very cool temperatures as well
- Direct Smear
- A fresh stool sample, less than 30 minutes old, is needed to detect the 1st stage trophozoites
- Fecal Flotation
- This test may detect cysts in the stool
- Fecal ELISA and direct fluorescent antibody assay
- These tests may show the Giardia infection, but accurate results often require testing to be done no less than three times in one week
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