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Crypto, Bearded Dragons, and possible cure?!?!?

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Rhaianon19 said:
I thought there was no cure for Crypto?
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EdwardK said:
Until the studies were done for paromomycin and ponazuril that was the accepted standard but the studies in bearded dragons included not only fecal checks but histopathology so unlike Albon which doesn't eliminate the infection but simply gets it under control until the immune system catches up those two drugs appear to eliminate the parasite from the animal (at least in bearded dragons).

We can discuss it some more if you want to shoot me a pm but I should stop taking the thread off course.

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From this thread. http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1950651#post1950651

Please Mr. Kowalski, if you could let all of us in on this conversation, I think it would very educational.
 
In the last 5-10 years there has been an increase in the research in the treatment of reptiles and amphibians for coccidians including cryptosporidium with bearded dragons often being a test model. This is of value as many of the treatments currently used to treat these animals function as more of a coccidostat which doesn't actually clear the infection(s) but instead controls it until the animal's immune system gets the disease back under control. This is one of the reasons why stressed bearded dragons can often be diagnosed as positive (shedding coccidians) after an event such as shipping.

See for example

Raiti, Paul. "Husbandry, diseases, and veterinary care of the bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)." Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 22.3 (2012): 117-131.

Grosset, Claire, et al. "Cryptosporidiosis in juvenile bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps): effects of treatment with paromomycin." Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 21.1 (2011): 10-15.

Walden, Michael Robison. BEARDED DRAGONS (POGONA JITTICEPS). Diss. University of Georgia, 2009.

There is interest in expanding these tests into other reptile taxa so there is hope that in other taxa, cryptosporidium infections could become much less of a serious concern.

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