Exotic Animal Formulary5

25-50 mg/kg PO
q12h 315
35-50 mg/kg PO
q12-24h 203
Raptors/musculoskeletal surgical repair
Passerines
35-50 mg/pigeon Pigeons
PO q24h × 7-
14 days 499
50-75 mg/kg PO, Psittacines, raptors/pododermatitis,
IM q12h × 7- osteomyelitis
10 days 333
100 mg/kg PO
q24h 666
100 mg/kg IM
q12h 77
100-200 mg/L
drinking
water 201
Topical 315
Raptors
Psittacines
Canaries
Raptors/mixture of 50 mg/mL
lincomycin and 10 mg/mL
tobramycin was used to flush the
flexor tendon sheath
Lincomycin/spectinomycin (LS-
50 Water Soluble, Zoetis;
Linco-Spectin 100 Soluble
Powder, Zoetis)
— Lincosamide in combination with an
aminoglycoside; combination is
effective against Mycoplasma 90
50 mg/kg PO
q24h 333
Most species
¼-½ tsp/L Most species/using soluble powder
drinking 16.7 g lincomycin and 33.3 g
water × 10- spectinomycin per 2.55 oz packet of
14 days 139 powder
Marbofloxacin (Zeniquin,
Zoetis)
— Fluoroquinolone with wide-spectrum
against Gram-negative and some
Gram-positive bacteria; activity
against Chlamydia and Mycoplasma 90
2-3 mg/kg IV, IO
q24h 278,279
2.5-5 mg/kg PO
q24h 123
Raptors (buzzards, vultures)/PD
Blue and gold macaws/PD
5 mg/kg IM, IV 176 Ostriches/PD
10-15 mg/kg PO,
IM q12-
Raptors, bustards (PO dosage is PD) 277
270