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Cockatiels, passerines,

25 mg/L drinking water ×

21 days 463 manikins, siskins/coccidia

2 days, repeat in 14- including goldfinches,

25-75 mg/L drinking

water × 5 days 194

Canaries/Atoxoplasma spp.

75 mg/L drinking water ×

2 days/wk × 4 wk 171 Passerines

75 mg/L drinking water ×

5 days 323 Pigeons

125 mg/L drinking water

× 5 days 38 Pigeons

Trimethoprim/sulfadiazine — See sulfonamides

5 mg/kg IM q12h 333 Companion birds/Sarcocystis;

use in conjunction with

pyrimethamine (0.5-

1 mg/kg PO q12h × 2

days, then 0.25 mg/kg PO

q12h × 30 days)

30 mg/kg PO q8-12h 78,358 Most species, including

psittacines,

raptors/Sarcocystis (treat

for at least 6 wk); coccidia

30-100 mg/kg PO q12h ×

7 days 333 Companion birds/Sarcocystis;

use in conjunction with

pyrimethamine (0.5-

1 mg/kg PO q12h × 2

days, then 0.25 mg/kg PO

q12h × 30 days)

60 mg/kg PO, SC q12h × Raptors/coccidia

3 days, off 2 days, on

3 days 38

80 mg (trimethoprim) +

40 mg

(sulfadiazine)/mL

drinking water 854

Canaries/Toxoplasma gondii

Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 10-50 mg/kg q24h 747 Passerines

16-24 mg/kg (based on

trimethoprim) PO

q12-24h 482

Cranes/coccidiosis

25 mg/kg PO q24h 333 Toucans, mynahs/coccidia

30 mg/kg PO q12-24h 135 Passerines/antiprotozoal

325

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