Exotic Animal Formulary5

Permethrin Dust plumage lightly 38 Pigeons/lice, fleas
Permethrin, high-cis (Harker’s
Louse Powder, Harkers)
Topical application 38
Raptors,
psittacines/ectoparasites
Piperazine (Wazine, Fleming
Laboratories)
— Most species/ascarids,
oxyurids; less efficacious
than fenbendazole;
seldom used in
companion birds
35 mg/kg PO q24h × 2
days 333
50-100 mg/kg PO
once 333,759
Pigeons/ascarids
Emus, ostriches
100 mg/kg PO, repeat in
14 days 333,494 Raptors
100-250 mg/kg PO once 194 Ascarids, resistance common
250 mg/kg PO once 333 Psittacines, pigeons
79 mg/L drinking water ×
2 days 333 Pigeons/ascarids
1000 mg/L drinking
water × 3 days 333,494
1000-2000 mg/L drinking
water × 1-2 days 135,333
3700 mg/L drinking
water × 12 hr, repeat
in 14-21 days 135
Raptors, pigeons
Game birds, pigeons
Passerines
Piperonyl butoxide/pyrethrin
(Ridmite Powder, Johnson)
Dust plumage, repeat in
10 days 38,194 Psittacines
Dust plumage, repeat in
21 days 38 Raptors
Piperonyl
butoxide/pyrethrin/methoprene
(Avian Insect Liquidator,
Vetafarm)
Apply to plumage, spray
cages, aviaries, bird
rooms, and
surroundings 38
Most species/fleas, lice,
mosquitoes, moths, and
some mites
Ponazuril (Marquis 5% paste;
Bayer)
— Triazine coccidiocidal drug;
metabolite of toltrazuril
20 mg/kg q24h × 7 days 825 Falcons/respiratory
Cryptosporidium baileyi
Praziquantel (Droncit, Bayer) — Most species/cestodes,
trematodes; injectable
312