**7.6 Treatment and control**

There is no effective drug for treatment of cryptosporidiosis in ruminants (Navarre and Pugh, 2002).

Halofuginone has efficacy in calves with diarrhea due to Cryptosporidium parvum. Halofuginone is reported to reduce oocyst shedding and the intensity of diarrhea. Oral dose of 0.1mg / kg BW daily for 7 days can reduce oocyte excretion (Klein, 2008).

Decoquinate, 2.5 mg/ kg, can be effective in prevention of cryptosporidiosis in kids and goats (Navarre and Pugh, 2002; Matthews, 2009).

Cryptosporidiosis in young animals should be treated with fluid therapy and correction of acid-base disturbance.

The control of disease is based on the minimize transmission between the source of the organism and young animals. During the course of the diarrhea, diarrheic young animals should be isolated from healthy animals (Radostits et al., 2008). The best control of cryptosporidiosis comes from calves, lambs, and kids getting adequate immunity through colostrum after birth.
