Exotic Animal Formulary5

10 mg/L for 10 min 149
Bronopol (Pyceze, Novartis)
15-50 mg/L×30- For mycotic infections (eggs and
60 min bath 114,152 fish); eggs may require the
higher dose
Cefovecin (Convenia, Zoetis) — Some intraspecies variability;
rapidly eliminated in white
bamboo sharks (not
recommended) 138
16 mg/kg SC 133 Adult copper rockfish/plasma
levels of >1 µg/mL persisted for
7 days
Ceftazidime (Fortaz, Zoetis)
22 mg/kg IM, ICe
q72-96h×3-5
treatments 120
Cephalosporin with good activity
against Gram-negative bacteria
(e.g., Pseudomonas)
Chloramine-T
2.5-20 mg/L as Disinfectant; used to control
immersion
bacterial gill disease and some
treatment 29,149 for ectoparasites; dosage and
60 min/day up to duration varies widely with
3 days 3 species and water quality
20 mg/L as
immersion×4 hr 95
Rainbow trout, striped bass,
yellow perch/PK
Chloramphenicol — Florfenicol may be a better
alternative than
chloramphenicol (risk to
humans)
40-182 mg/kg q24h
ICe 84
Carp/PK
50 mg/kg PO, IM
once, then
25 mg/kg q24h 143
50 mg/kg PO q24h 27 Rainbow trout/PK
Ciprofloxacin 15 mg/kg IM, IV 102 Carp, African catfish, rainbow
trout/PK
Difloxacin 10 mg/kg PO q24h 37 Atlantic salmon/PK; plasma levels
were higher in marine fish
compared with freshwater fish
10 mg/kg PO q24h 144 Olive flounder/PK
Diquat dibromide (Reward,
Syngenta)
20 mg/kg PO q24h×3
days 34
2-18 mg/L for 1-
4 hr×1-4
Goldfish/PK
For control of columnaris disease
in freshwater fish
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