Exotic Animal Formulary5

tsp/30-120 mL
hand-feeding
formula prn 333
Psittacine neonates
Phytonadione — See vitamin K 1
Potassium chloride
(KCl)
Selenium (Seletoc,
Schering)
0.5 mEq/kg PO
q12h 55
0.05-0.1 mg Se/kg
IM q14d 333
0.06 mg Se/kg IM
q3-14d 333
Most species/hypokalemia
Most species/neuromuscular diseases (capture
myopathy, white muscle disease, some
cardiomyopathies); may be useful in some
cockatiels with jaw, eyelid, and tongue
paralysis
Sodium chloride
(buffered salt
tablet)
450 mg PO daily 333 Penguins/prevents atrophy of salt gland; may
not be needed 838
Tannic acid 20 g/kg feed 569,570 Starlings/PD; not effective to decrease liverstored
iron but prevented an increase in
stored iron concentration
Tea (black Ceylon
decaffeinated)
Vitamin A (Aquasol
A Parenteral,
Astra)
8 g/kg feed 727 Starlings/PD; effectively limited iron absorption
— 1 µg = 14 U; 1 µg retinol = 3.3 U; 1 µg betacarotene
= 1.7 U; 3000 µg/kg dietary vitamin
A after 269 days induced increased plasma
retinol, splenic hemosiderosis and altered
vocalization patterns in cockatiels; 423
toxicosis may follow
oversupplementation 423,583
200 U/kg IM 333 Raptor juveniles/supplemental therapy for pox
infection
2000 U/kg PO, IM 333 Psittacines/adjunctive therapy for pox infection
5000 U/kg IM q24h
× 14 days, then
250-1000 U/kg
q24h PO 333
Psittacines/adjunctive therapy for respiratory or
epithelial disease
20,000 U/kg IM 333 Most species/hypovitaminosis A; maximum
dose; improves skin healing
33,000 U/kg (10,000
U/300 g) IM
q7d 333
50,000 U/kg IM
q7d 333
Most species/hypovitaminosis A
Psittacine neonates
1 mL/135 kg IM 333 Ostriches/hypovitaminosis A
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