Exotic Animal Formulary5

q8-12h, dilute
to 1 mL with
sterile water 644,667
1 mg/kg
intratracheal
q12h × 12 days,
then q48h × 5
wk 76
Raptors/syringeal aspergilloma
Budgerigars/Macrorhabdus; compound in simple
100-109 mg/kg PO
× 10-30 days 526 Australia 607
by gavage q12h syrup; resistance reported in budgerigars in
0.05 mg/mL sterile
water 52
Most species/nasal flush
0.2 mL PO q12h ×
10 days 148 Budgerigars/Macrorhabdus; use IV formulation
(5 mg/mL)
0.25-1 mL PO q24h
× 4-5 days 76 Raptor neonates/candidiasis
Amphotericin B
(3% cream)
1000 mg/L drinking
water × 10
days 229
Topical 148
1.35 mg/kg topical
q24h of a
liposomally
encapsulated
formulation in
a sterile, watersoluble
lubricating gel 87
7 mg/mL saline
q12h 810
1 mg/kg
intralesionally 625
Topical to affected
area q12h 667
Budgerigars/Macrorhabdus
Apply 10% solution to oropharynx
Herons
Most species/nebulization × 15 min
Conures/pulmonary lesions; administered
endoscopically with injection needle along with
systemic therapy
Most species/mycoses
Clotrimazole — Imidazole antifungal agent; variable sensitivity
between yeasts and fungi; superficial mycoses
and candidiasis 91
2 mg/kg
intratracheal
Psittacines/syringeal aspergilloma; apply with
catheter directly into syrinx during anesthesia
283