Exotic Animal Formulary5

against the tracheal mite
Ptilonyssus morofskyi 24
0.4 mg/kg SC once 333 Raptors, passerines/Capillaria
in towhees
0.4 mg/kg IM q7d × 7
treatments 694
0.5-1 mg/kg PO, IM
once 320
1 mg/kg SC, repeat in 7
days 700
Golden eagles/required
additional treatment with
selamectin to achieve
eradication of a novel
Micknemidokoptes spp. mite
Pigeons
Falcons/Serratospiculum
2 mg/kg IM once 792 Falcons/Capillaria; no adverse
effects observed at this
dose
0.8-1 mg/L drinking
water 201
1 drop (0.05 mL) to skin
q7d × 3 treatments 38
Canaries
Pigeons,
passerines/Knemidokoptes,
Dermanyssus
Levamisole (Tramisol, Schering-
Plough)
— Many species/nematodes;
immunostimulant; low
therapeutic index (toxic
reactions, deaths
reported); do not use in
debilitated birds; 38 IM
administration may cause
severe toxicity; limb
paralysis, vomiting,
dyspnea reported in a
parakeet; do not use in
white-faced ibis or in
lories; withhold food
before treatment to
prevent regurgitation 333
1.5 mg/kg split into 2
doses and
administered topically
in eyes 532
2-5 mg/kg SC, IM, repeat
in 10-14 days × 3
treatments 38
Ostriches/PD; effective
against Philophthalmus
gralli
Psittacines/immunostimulant
305