Exotic Animal Formulary5

sodium (37%
iodine)
(Renografin-76,
Solvay)
122 mg/kg IM 333 Budgerigars/thyroid hyperplasia
Essential fatty acids
0.5 mL/kg PO q24h
× 50 days or
indefinitely 333
Raptors/pruritic dermatitis (atopy)
Fatty acids (omega-
3, omega-6)
0.1-0.2 mL/kg of Psittacines, pigeons/glomerular disease; used to
flaxseed oil to reduce thromboxane A 2 synthesis in platelets
corn oil mixed and glomerular cells; adjunct therapy for
at a ratio of 1:4 arthritis, feather picking, mutilators, and
PO or added to neoplasia; 2-4 wk of therapy are required to
food; ratio of recognize effects; may increase dietary
omega-6:omega- vitamin E requirements; consider
3 is 4-5:1 333 supplementation with chronic use
0.11 mL/kg q24h in
a 5:1 ratio of
omega-6:omega-
3 333 Psittacines/glomerulonephritis, pancreatitis
10% flaxseeds 604 Quaker parrots/PD; shift in HDL subgroups,
higher plasma phospholipid omega-3 fatty
acids
α-linolenic acid,
0.2%-4% of daily
energy 603
Quaker parrots/PD; no change in blood
cholesterol compared to control group,
changes in polyunsaturated fatty acid blood
profile
Hemicellulose
(Metamucil,
Searle)
— For bulk in diet; facilitates defecation in bowel
deficit disorders and other conditions
0.5 tsp/60 mL handfeeding
formula
or baby food
gruel 333
Psittacines/bulk diet to delay absorption of an
ingested toxin
1 Tbs/60 mL water
q24h 806
Ostrich chicks/impaction
1 mL of solution of Budgerigars/no difference from controls in
½ tsp diluted in elimination rate of ventricular lead particles
60 mL of water 477
Inositol 20 g/kg of food 569,570 Starlings/PD; not effective to decrease liver
stored iron but prevented an increase in
stored iron concentration
Iodine (Lugol’s
iodine)
0.2 mL/L drinking
water daily 333
Most species/thyroid hyperplasia
2 parts iodine + 28 Budgerigars/thyroid hyperplasia
381