hookworms & Giardia - Lisa's parasite issues

You have to wait until you are completely finished with all of the treatments and then some. Finish your treatments first and then we can readdress the issue of another sample sent off.

But will it be okay to send off the sample at the end of treatment? I was reading a post here about a lab in Dallas. Can they do the same test? It seemed like they could. I just want to do whats right. Thanks

Okay, day 3 of Panacur is done. I still have two left of Metronidazle. Do I continue cleaning the cage between now and the end of the next three days on Panacur? Also, Should I wait longer than the 21 days she told me? If it is protozoa instead of parasites, would it still be there in 21 days? How long should I wait?

Got my results back today for Harleys Trich test. He's positive. Darn it. I'm not giving up though. I'll just have to keep him separate from the rest of the gliders still. I will probably test the others pretty quick because if they have it as well, there is no need to keep them apart.

I think I'm going to have Zoologix send it for the DNA test as well. I'd like to see which strain it is.

Here are the results from Harleys DNA sequencing . I'm not sure about what it all means.,

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 Fax to:
 E-mail to: naranjozoo@sbcglobal.net
Cc to: lisalynette42@hotmail.com
 Hard copy to:
Date results transmitted: 24jan13
Client: Lisa Naranjo Client #: 1301161
Contact name: Lisa Naranjo PO #: (Mastercard)
Date samples received: 16jan13 – Followup sequencing ordered 21jan13
Initials __________ Page 1 of 1
Client sample ID Zoologix
accession ID
Sample type Assay Assay result
Zoologix, Inc. 9811 Owensmouth Avenue, Suite 4 Chatsworth CA 91311 USA
Phone 818-717-8880 www.zoologix.com Fax 818-717-8881
1-1/2 yr old male Sugar Glider
1301160008
Feces
X0013 / sequencing
Positive for Pentatrichomonas hominis*
Assay descriptions and notes
Sequencing of PCR amplicon from accession # 1301160008 (previously positive in X0013 assay as reported on Zoologix results report # 13011605).
* Pentatrichomonas is a genus of flagellates closely related to Tritrichomonas and often regarded as a subgenus of Trichomonas. Pentatrichomonas flagellates are infectious to a wide variety of mammalian hosts, but their pathogenicity in most host species is not