From:
Stephanie
Date: 2001-07-17 19:19:00 UTC
Subject: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: giardia
Maybe she could step in infected poo and track it in on her
shoes? Then again that's going pretty far, but if it's fecal
and orally passed that could possibly happen. Hmmmm...
Dooks,
Stephanie
with Maggie, Bullwinkle, Shasta, Emeline and Icabod
-----Original Message-----
From: katharine [mailto:shurcool@infi.net]
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 2:22 PM
To: Ferret Health List
Giardia into our home on
our feet. Dr. Williams or other vets, is this
correct? That we can simply walk into a grocery
store and then bring it home on our shoes? <
I'm no vet but I'm pretty positive that giardia
cannot be spread this way. It is normally from
contaminated water; i.e. fishbowl, pond, etc. and
is spread by fecal/oral contact. I have had
wildlife babies with this and it usually stinks to
high heaven also. Of course, that's exaggerated
by the fact that the babies are usually on heat
!
Giardia is not exclusively a cat ailment. Any
mammals can get it, including us.
Katharine
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