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inappetence; frequency was not

determined; PK of metabolite

doxorubicinol showed no toxicity 284

30 mg/m 2 IO q2d 333 Cockatoo/lymphosarcoma; a premedicate with

diphenhydramine

60 mg/m 2 IV q30d 197 Blue-fronted Amazon parrot/osteosarcoma; a

premedicate with diphenhydramine 30

min before; dilute with saline and give

over 30 min (anesthesia recommended);

remission for 20 mo

Hexyl ether

pyropheophorbidea

(Photochlor,

Roswell Park

Cancer Institute)

0.3 mg/kg IV 780,783 African rose-ringed parakeet,

hornbill/photosensitizing agent; use 24 hr

prior to photodynamic therapy

L-carnitine

Leuprolide acetate

1000 mg/kg of

food 179

1500-3000 µg/kg IM

q2-3wk 399

Budgerigars/PD; lipoma size decrease

Cockatiels/ovarian adenocarcinoma

Methylprednisolone 2 mg IM once 21 African grey parrot/bronchial carcinoma

Porfimer sodium

(Photofrin, QLT

PhotoTherapeutics)

3 mg/kg IV 680 Cockatiel/photodynamic therapy

Prednisone 1 mg/kg PO q24h 310 Green-winged macaw/chronic lymphocytic

leukemia; in combination with

prednisone; drug was discontinued after 6

wk because of thrombocytopenia

1.6 mg/kg PO

q24h 692

Great horned owl/sarcoma

Radiation therapy

1 Gy at 2.5 Gy/min

× 3-4 doses 166 Military macaws/PD; radiation of normal

choana; delivered dose was slightly lower

(0.94-0.97 Gy) than calculated

2.5 Gy fractions,

total dose of 50

Gy 301

4 Gy fractions, total

doses of 48, 60,

or 72 Gy 44

4 Gy fractions q48h

over 22 days,

total dose of 40

Thick-billed parrot/beak melanoma; 2.5 mo

survival

Ring necked parakeets/PD; radiation of

normal skin and crop; no adverse

radiation effects detected

Blue and gold macaw/wing fibrosarcoma; in

combination with cisplatin chemotherapy;

remission observed over 2 mo until 15 mo

394

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