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===Overview===
===Overview===
Disease caused by the infectious agent, [[Giardia]].
Disease caused by the infectious agent, [[Giardia]].
==Diagnosis==
*Faecal examination
**Cysts need to be distinguished from pollen grains and yeasts
*Cyst excretion is intermittent
**Faeces need to be collected over a 3 day period
*Cysts are '''heavy'''
**Needs higher density flotation fluids
**Do not float well in saturated sodium chloride solution
*Immunoassays
**Detect cyst antigen in faeces
==Control and Treatment==
*Sanitation and hygiene
**Minimise risk of human infection
*Boil (or sterilise through other means) drinking water in regions of the world where drinking water may be contaminated
*Avoid uncooked foodstuffs
**Contaminated by washing
*[[Ectoparasiticides|Drug Treatments]]
**Metronidazole
***Flagyl, Torgyl
**Fenbendazole
***Panacur
*[[Vaccines - WikiBlood|Vaccination]]
**Killed trophozoites
**Available in the USA for cats and dogs
**Decreases the excretion and viability of cysts
**Decreases environmental pressure
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