Feline Giardiasis and Its Chemotherapy

Abstract

No reports have been published on feline giardiasis in Japan. Oral administration of metronidazole, in a single dose of 40 to 60 mg/kg per day for 6 or 7 days or in 2 doses of 50 mg/kg per day for 4 or 5 days, resulted in improvement of clinical symptoms, such as diarrhea, and in elimination of the parasite in the feces without any recognizable clinical side effects. The drug was rather efficatious when administered together with an emplastic.