Giardia: Protecting Your Pet And You

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WUSA) -- Hokie is fine now, but she was one sick pup back in March.

"She wasn't eating well," says Hokie's owner, Alyssa Westenberger. "She was vomiting all night.  And her stool started to change a lot."

All of Hokie's symptoms were because of a parasite called Giardia.  One of the most common parasites out there, Giardia is a single-celled organism that lives in an infected pet's intestine.  Infection caused by Giardia is known as Giardiasis.

Cats and dogs can have Giardiasis. 

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