Re: Dry food/Jenn~Trich

2005-11-23 Thread TenHouseCats
can you believe it? those of us who've reached an age where we don't much have to worry about trich in our OWN lives now have to worry about it in our cats i have two negative kittens with a persistent, undiagnosed intestinal problem. right before my vet was coming over a week ago, i read this

Re: Dry food/Jenn~Trich

2005-11-22 Thread felv
That IS a great link, thanks, I will add that to my webpage! I added the info to my sig too... now it's REALLY long, LOL! Jenn http://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Adopt a cat from UCAT rescue: http://ucat.us/adopt.html Adopt a FIV+ cat: http://ucat.us/AWrescue/FIV/ Adopt a FELV+ c

Re: Dry food/Jenn~Trich

2005-11-22 Thread felv
It's a brand new drug, it's actually still considered experimental, that's why I think your vet will have to call mine and get the info directly from them. Jennhttp://ucat.ushttp://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.htmlAdopt a cat from UCAT rescue:http://ucat.us/adopt.html  Adopt a FIV+ cat: http://u

Re: Dry food/Jenn~Trich

2005-11-22 Thread Lora
Love this info! Diagnosis Diagnosis of T foetus infection is usually quite straightforward. The organism exists in the intestine as small, motile trophozoites, and these can be detected under the microscope. For optimum results, fresh faeces should be examined, and if any mucus has been passed wi

Re: Dry food/Jenn~Trich

2005-11-22 Thread PEC2851
Thanks Jenn! I printed that out and intend to take a fecal to vet tomorrow, along with this info. and some I printed on clostridium. I really need to find out what's going on with these girls. Ronidazole...never heard of it. Is there another name for it, like Flagyl (Brand) for metronidizole(g

Re: Dry food/Jenn~Trich

2005-11-22 Thread felv
Here's the info my vet gave to me when we discovered we had it here:   Trichomonosis in cats   According to Dr S. Marks of UC-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine:  “Tritrichomonas foetus, the primary causative agent of bovine trichomoniasis, has recently been recognized as a protozoal [intes

Re: Dry food/Jenn~Trich

2005-11-22 Thread PEC2851
In a message dated 11/22/05 4:22:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: have they been tested for Trichomonosis Jenn, Thanks for that info. I definitely will also ask about that when I call tomorrow, or drop off another fecal. I've heard of trichomonosis, but not in