Message Number: SG10527 | New FHL Archives Search
From: sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2004-09-10 03:06:34 UTC
Subject: RE: can ferrets get giardia from humans?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5691496.1094785594145.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>

http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG11561

has your answer:

> #3. Giardia isn't generally transmitted between animals and human
>directly - usually it is picked up by ingesting contaminated water,
> such as creek water, lake water, etc.

There are some wonderful giardia posts (including ones which go into why transdermal approach didn't work, a number of reasons to not let ferrets near aquaria, and loads more) if you search under

giardia

in posts from

williams

in

http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org