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[[Image:Giardia lamblia.jpg|thumb|right|150px| ''Giardia lamblia''. Source: Wikimedia Commons; Author: Janice Carr (2006)]]
[[Image:Giardia lamblia.jpg|thumb|right|150px| ''Giardia lamblia''. Source: Wikimedia Commons; Author: Janice Carr (2006)]]
Dogs are more commonly affected than cats. There are no age, breed or sex predispositions for ''[[Giardia]]'' infection, but puppies and kittens are more likely to contract clinical disease than adult animals.
Dogs are more commonly affected than cats. There are no age, breed or sex predispositions for ''[[Giardia]]'' infection, but puppies and kittens are more likely to contract clinical disease than adult animals.
Many other pets, including small mammals, and livestock can be infected and a source of environmental contamination.
==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==