Is it safe to bring home a puppy from a litter with fatal coccidia?

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Can you safely take a puppy from a litter with known occidia that has killed two puppies? Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 2 lbs

Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA · Accepted Answer

Hi there. I would expect that all puppies in the litter likely have coccidia, so the pup would need to be seen by a veterinarian for treatment right away. Whether it will survive or not depends on how sick it is at the moment. Coccidia is usually fairly simple to treat, but it sounds like a severe case if two pups have already passed away.

Is it safe to bring home a puppy from a litter with fatal coccidia?

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