We have been using Ponazuril (for those who don't know, it's pronounced "po-nah-zu-ril") for about 16 years now. Albon may be okay for really tiny kittens, but there was so much conflict about how to use it - we had one vet say it was a 21 day, twice a day treatment, others that say 5 days once a day, or 10 days - and it goes on.
With Ponazuril (we buy ours through a compounding pharmacy in Alabama), we have success in treatment, but, the dosing is crazy on it as well.
It comes in different strengths - we buy the 60mg./ml., but it comes in 50 mg./ml. as well. You can get it compounded into a palatable formula. Here is where it gets "tricky." I really wish I could get the low down on it. We were told by our vet that dosing is 2 days, then wait 7 days, repeat with 1 dose.
One of our volunteers has a shelter background and she insists on doing it 3 days, repeat in 7 days.
The biggest concern for us, since all we do is kittens, is tearing up the tiny guts with too much medicine, so we backed off of doing a standard panacur/ponazuril intake routine and we now do the one dose of pyrantel; if they show signs of or are diagnosed with coccidia, we then do the treatment, with everyone doing their thing while I try to rein them in.
Not sure if this helps, but, my personal experience is that ponazuril does get rid of coccidia. Fast.
And, did you know that the new protocol for resistant giardia is a single does of ponazuril? Interesting, huh?
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Candy Sullivan
Founder/Executive Director
Candy's Cats, Inc.
Orange County, Florida
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Original Message:
Sent: 07-15-2025 03:27 PM
From: Megan Whitworth
Subject: Coccidia
Coccidia :(
What are we doing for coccidia these days? The vets in our area, save for one, really only use Albon so that's what we keep on hand but it doesn't seem all that effective, and isn't cheap. Most of the litters we have that come out of our nursery end up having coccidia, let alone pups we get off of the streets. I've been researching Ponazuril instead, but wanted to hear some feedback and also see how everyone is sourcing this?!
Thanks all!
#Medicine,SurgeryandSterilization
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Megan Whitworth
Director
Puppy Haven Rescue
OK
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