Exotic Animal Formulary5

Lincomycin 250 mg/mL water 333 Most species
Chickens/PD; antibiotic; therapeutic
250 mg aerosolized
15-30 min 129 for up to 24 hr
drug/m 3 chamber × concentrations in blood, lungs, and trachea
Miconazole
(Daktarin,
Janssen)
Nebulize 15 min q8h
× 10 days 333 Raptors/aspergillosis
Oxytetracycline 2 mg/mL × 60 min q4-
6h 333
Piperacillin 10 mg/mL saline × 10-
30 min q6-
12h 37,53,333
Parakeets/PD; therapeutic concentrations in
lungs and trachea, low plasma
concentrations
Most species
Polymyxin B
sulfate
66,000 U/mL saline 333 Psittacines/poorly absorbed from respiratory
epithelium
Praziquantel 56.8-85.2 mg in 100%
oxygen × 5-15 min
q24h 185
Sodium chloride 0.9% or 3%
(hypertonic)
Blue-crowned motmots, fairy
bluebirds/treatment of air sac flukes,
decreased parasite burden
Viscosity of respiratory secretions may be
decreased by hydration, mucolytic
properties 333
Spectinomycin
(Spectam, Ceva)
13 mg/mL saline 333 Most species
Sterile water — Viscosity of respiratory secretions may be
decreased by hydration 333
Sulfadimethoxine 13 mg/mL saline 333 Most species
Terbinafine
Hispaniolan Amazon parrots/PD; plasma levels
1 mg/mL crushed pills
15 min 216 was lower than expected at 0.9 mg/mL
in sterile water × above MIC for 1 hr; solution concentration
1 mg/mL raw powder Hispaniolan Amazon parrots/PD; plasma levels
in sterile water × above MIC for 4 hr
15 min 216
Terbutaline
0.01 mg/kg with 9 mL
saline 53,333
Psittacines/bronchodilation
Tylosin 10 mg/mL saline × 10-
60 min q12h 333 Most species
20 mg/mL DMSO or
distilled water × 1
hr 460,461
Most species, pigeons, quail/PD
20 mg/mL DMSO and Psittacines
365