GRAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Grand County School District. The mission of the Grand County School District is to combine the resources of the schools, community, parents and students to provide the opportunities necessary for individual academic, vocational and personal growth. Climbing to New Heights: Simplicity, Consistency, Quality, and Victory.
Story at-a-glance -. Giardia infection is fairly common in pets â especially dogs. It is a zoonotic infection, meaning it can be passed between animals and humans. Animals that have been housed with lots of other animals are common carriers of the parasite.
The giardia organism inhabits the digestive tract of a wide variety of domestic and wild animal species, as well as humans. It is the most common pathogenic parasitic infection in humans worldwide; in 2013, there were about 280 million people worldwide with symptomatic giardiasis.