Exotic Animal Formulary5

500 mg/kg wet
weight
seeds 621
1000 mg/kg
feed 333,626
Cockatiels/PD; see Table 5-40 for recipe
Large psittacines on dehulled seed
(PD), macaws on corn (PD),
canaries, large psittacines on soft
feed (10 mg/mL syrup mixed into
29% kidney beans, 29% canned
corn, 29% cooked rice, 13% dry
oatmeal cereal)
Doxycycline (Vibravenös,
Pfizer)
— Broad-spectrum tetracycline with
activity against a wide range of
Gram-positive and Gram-negative
bacteria; 90 drug of choice for
Chlamydia and Mycoplasma; not
available in the United States
25-50 mg/kg IM
q5-7d × 5-7
treatments 333
60-100 mg/kg SC,
IM q5-7d 200
Psittacines
Psittacines, pigeons
75 mg/kg IM q7d
× 4-6 wk 51 Macaws
Doxycycline (Pharmacistcompounded
micronized
doxycycline hyclate)
75-100 mg/kg IM
q5-7d × 4-6
wk 333
100 mg/kg SC,
IM q5-7d × 7
doses 293
75-100 mg/kg IM
q7d 689
Psittacines, including macaws,
budgerigars
Houbara bustards/PD; Chlamydia
Cockatoos/anecdotal reports of sudden
death with compounded product;
inadequate drug levels achieved in
cockatiels at 100 mg/kg IM q10d; 621
adequate drug levels achieved with
100 mg/kg given IM in cockatoos,
Amazon parrots and SC in African
grey parrots, but severe soft-tissue
reactions seen 244
Doxycycline hyclate (injection) — Cardiovascular collapse associated with
the propylene glycol carrier can
occur after rapid IV injection 265
25-50 mg/kg slow
bolus IV q24h
Psittacines
263