Exotic Animal Formulary5

Primaquine a — Pigeons, raptors, game birds,
penguins a /hematozoa
(i.e., Plasmodium,
Haemoproteus,
Leucocytozoon); use in
conjunction with
chloroquine; dosage
based on amount of
active base rather than
total tablet weight
0.3 mg/kg PO (at 24 hr
following the initial
chloroquine dose)
q24h × 7 days 333
0.3 mg/kg PO q24h × 10
days 295,838
Raptors/use with
chloroquine (10 mg/kg at
0 hr, then 5 mg/kg at 6,
24, 48 hr)
Penguins a /Plasmodium; use
with chloroquine (10
mg/kg at 0 hr, then 5
mg/kg at 6, 18, 24 hr)
0.3-1 mg/kg PO q24h × 3-
10 days 194 Most species/Atoxoplasma,
Sarcocystis; use with
chloroquine
0.75 mg/kg PO q3-
7days 295
0.75 mg/kg PO q24h × 5
days 791
African and Humboldt
penguins a /during vector
season, depending on
institution
Falcons/Haemoproteus
tinnunculi
0.75-1 mg/kg PO once 750 Raptors/Plasmodium; use
with chloroquine (25
mg/kg at 0 hr, then 15
mg/kg at 12, 24, and 48
hr); palliative therapy
1 mg/kg PO on day 2,
then q24h × 3 days 106
Magellanic
penguins a /Plasmodium,
use with chloroquine (10
mg/kg at 0, 6, 12, 18, 24
hr on day 1, then 5
mg/kg q24h × 3 days)
1 mg/kg PO q7d 655 Most species/use with
chloroquine (10 mg/kg
q7d) as a preventive
regimen for birds
recovering from
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