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water × 7-

10 days 320

Oxytetracycline — Broad-spectrum tetracycline with

activity against a wide range of

Gram-positive and Gram-negative

bacteria; drug of choice for

Chlamydia and Mycoplasma; IM

administration may cause muscle

irritation or necrosis 90

2 mg/mL

nebulization

q4-6h 211

5 mg/kg IM

q12h 843

10 mg/kg IM

q3d 806

16 mg/kg IM

q24h 794

Parakeets/requires ultrasonic nebulizer;

therapeutic concentrations of

antibiotic were present in lung and

trachea; not effective in treating

systemic infections outside the

respiratory tract

Ratites

Ratites

Great horned owls/PD

25-50 mg/kg PO, Raptors

IM q8h × 5-

7 days 76

48 mg/kg IM

q48h 358

Owls

50 mg/kg IM

q24h × 5-

7 days 697 Psittacines

50 mg/kg PO q6-

8h 318

Pigeons

50-75 mg/kg SC 240 Goffin’s cockatoos, blue and gold

macaws

50-100 mg/kg SC,

IM q2-3d 203,249

50-200 mg/kg IM

q3-5d 697

58 mg/kg IM

q24h 794

80 mg/kg IM

q48h 697

Cockatoos (PD), passerines

Raptors

Amazon parrots/PD

Pigeons <400 g

200 mg/kg IM Most species, including

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