Can Coccidia be gone in 3 weeks?

[SimbaBB]

I took my Simba for her last puppy shot and did the poo sample 3 weeks ago. The vet told me that he will let me know the result in couple of days, well, I didn't hear anything from the vet until this morning which is 3 weeks later. He told me that Simba has coccidia. Simba did has 2-3 times vomiting around the time when I took her to the vet, however, she stopped vomiting, and she seems very hyper and poo solid poopoo, no vomit or any sign of sickness. My breeder told me to treat her with Albon if she has coccidia, but I really think she is fine. I'm not sure what to do. Anyone has the same situation?

Thanks!

[sirjesus]

When we got our Zoee a few months ago, she had Coccidia and ear mites. Thankfully, the vets helped her out a lot. And since we have another older (1 and a half year old) yorkie, we knew to get that insurance from banfield. We were basically at the vet every 2-3 days for her first 3 weeks that we had her. At first, they gave her amoxicillin with clavulanate (Clavamox) and it did nothing. She had bloody, loose stools for the 10 days of treatment. After that they tried to "up the dose" by giving her more mL's per day for 5 more days, which still didnt help. Then they gave her Albon, which actually worked well with her and it finally got rid of the coccidia. So just take your yorkie to the vet to get her re-checked and maybe get some antibiotics. I don't think the coccidia would have gone away without the help of antibiotics.

[YorkieZoo]

Here's some info I found online:
Puppies and kittens are not infected with coccidia at birth. Normally, a kitten or puppy comes into contact with its mother's feces soon after birth. If the mother has coccidia cysts in her feces, the juvenile animal is likely to ingest them, allowing the coccidia to enter and multiply at a rapid rate.
Typically, the time period from exposure to coccidia cysts to the onset of coccidiosis is just 13 days. Therefore, most puppies and kittens with coccidiosis are at least two weeks old. Though most puppies and kittens are infected by their mothers, many contract the highly contagious disease from other animals in shelters, animal hospitals, and breeding facilities.
Stress plays an important role in coccidiosis. Often, a puppy or kitten will carry coccidia with no obvious symptoms, only to begin exhibiting signs of the disease when faced with stressful situations. A change in ownership is an example of the type of stress that may provoke a case of coccidiosis.
Coccidiosis is treatable using medication. Common medications used to treat the disease include sulfadimethoxine, amprolium, and trimethoprim-sulfadiazine. These drugs do not heal the disease. Instead, they work to impair the ability of coccidia to reproduce, allowing the animal's immune system to develop and eliminate the protozoans. Typically, medication treatment lasts five days or more.

I don't know your vet, but if it took mine 3 weeks to get back to me with a diagnosis, I would definitely be vet shopping.

[Mardelin]

Coccidia must be treated with an Antibiotic/Albon. It is passed from mother to pup. The one thing that is very important to know about Albon is that no other drug can be administered at the same time. And no it doesn't go away on it's own, in fact it never goes away, just goes dormant. But, the reason you would administer it is because your pup has severe symptoms.