My dog has bloody, jelly-like diarrhea. Could it be giardia again?

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My dog had a jelly like liquid after she poops and she scoors afterwards it comes back the it dissappears its been 3 days now just this morning there is bloodlike appearance on the jelly substance she had a history of giardia last moth and she was treated with metronidazole for a month should I give yer metronidazole again? Their is no available fecalysis or test for giardia in our province what meds can you advice? Pet's info: Dog | Siberian Husky | Female | unspayed | 3 months and 12 days old | 32 lbs

Lotus Altholtz · Accepted Answer

Giardia is often very difficult to clear with just metronidazole. A combination of metronidazole for 5 days and Panacur (fenbendazole) for 3 days is my preferred treatment for Giardia. Strict environmental cleanup and weekly baths are recommended too as re-contamination is extremely common and the parasite is zoonotic (meaning people can get it from petting a dog that has Giardia cysts on its coat/paws and then eating a sandwich without hand washing for instance). In most cases of vomiting/diarrhea/blood in the stool, I recommend putting the dog on a 3-5 days of just boiled rice and chicken (no dog food, table food or treats) or a prescription Gastrointestinal food (dry and canned are available). Good luck!

My dog has bloody, jelly-like diarrhea. Could it be giardia again?

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