Exotic Animal Formulary5

Plasmodium infection
1 mg/kg PO q24h × 2
days, repeat q7d × 3-5
treatments to prevent
relapse 655
1 mg/kg at 0, 24 hr then
q24h × 10-14 days 295,851
1 mg/kg PO q24h × 45
days 845
Raptors/Plasmodium; use
with chloroquine (20
mg/kg IV initially,
followed by 10 mg/kg PO
at 6, 18, 24 hr)
African penguins, a
raptors/upon diagnosis of
Plasmodium, administer
with mefloquine 30
mg/kg PO at 0, 12, 24, 48
hr
Psittacines (keas)/Sarcocystis;
use in combination with
amprolium, enrofloxacin,
and pyrimethamine
1.25 mg/kg PO q24h ×
10-14 days 598 Medium sized (3-5 kg)
penguins a /upon diagnosis
with Plasmodium with
chloroquine 10 mg/kg PO
q24h × 10-14 days; then 5
mg/kg PO q12h × 3 days;
some institutions stop
here, others continue
primaquine and
chloroquine 5 mg/kg PO
q24h
1.25 mg/kg PO q24h
(March until October,
Northern
hemisphere) 295,838
3.75 mg/kg PO q3-7days
(March until October;
Northern
hemisphere) 295
African and Humboldt
penguins a /prophylactic
therapy against
Plasmodium
African and Humboldt
penguins a /prophylactic
therapy against
Plasmodium
4 mg PO q48h 838 Medium sized (3-5 kg)
penguins a /during vector
season (or year round,
depending on location of
institution) in capsule
with sulfadiazine 125 mg
and folic acid 0.4 mg
Pyrantel pamoate — Intestinal nematodes; poorly
absorbed, so increased
315