Giardia> Pet Store Eyed for Parasitic Disease

[responsiblek9]

Arbor Place Mall in Douglasville and they are looking over the other atlanta pet stores with this same company

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Pet Store Eyed for Parasitic Disease

 


http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=77940

A New York-based pet store is under investigation after Georgia officials say more than 130 puppies at six of its stores in Metro Atlanta were infected with a potentially dangerous parasite.

It is called giardia, and can be spread from animals to humans.

Keegan Rylee is fine today, but his owner, Christi Baker says that when she got the now-four-month-old puppy a month ago, he seemed tired and weak.

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Irvin says anyone who has bought animals from The Pet Company since January should check with both their veterinarian and their family doctor.

 

[BlindMag]

Had to look this one up too...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giardiasis

[magolin]

There's a vaccine for this apparently.  I found out because they gave it to Diesel when I told them not to give him anything but rabies and distemper....yeah I have issues with Banfield.

I'm not real clear on how the vaccine works though because its not a virus. 

[Kirsten]

Bordetella and Leptospirosis aren't viruses either. 

[fledchen]

When most people think of vaccines, they think of preventing infections from bacteria and viruses. Giardia are protozoans, and are eukaryotes like animals, plants, and fungi, although they are not part of any of those kingdoms. Bacteria are in a separate domain by themselves, and viruses are classified differently because they aren't considered to be quite alive. My understanding is that a vaccine for a protozoan would work more like a heartworm preventative than a vaccine for a bacterial or viral disease.