Exotic Animal Formulary5

Agent Dosage Species/Comments
Copper sulfate
(“bluestone”)
Epsom salts
Dissolve 0.5 lb copper sulfate and 0.5 cup
vinegar in 1 gal of water for a "stock"
solution; dispense stock solution at
the rate of 1 oz per gal for the final
drinking solution; 114
alternate method of preparing the
solution: dissolve 1 oz copper sulfate
and 1 Tbs of vinegar in 15 gal water 114
1 tsp Epsom salt in 1 oz water to flush
crop 114
Poultry/mycosis (thrush) in
the crop; "follow-up"
treatment after flushing
crop with Epsom salt
solution 114
Chicken/mycotic ingluvitis;
individual dose
1 lb Epsom salt per 5 gal water×1 day 114 Poultry/to flush digestive
system of toxins
1 lb Epsom salt per 15 lb feed 114 Poultry/laxative or flush prior
to copper sulfate treatment;
give the Epsom salt feed
mixture as the sole feed
source for a 1-day period
Fluconazole 100 mg/kg PO q24h 69 Chickens/avian gastric yeast
Flucytosine
(Ancobon,
Roche)
60 mg/kg PO q12h 69 Galliformes, swans/birds
>500 g; syringeal
aspergilloma
150 mg/kg PO q12h 69 Galliformes, swans/birds
<500 g; syringeal
aspergilloma
Itraconazole — Study using SC controlledrelease
gel formulation in
ducks showed unacceptable
tissue and plasma levels of
the drug 160
5 mg/kg PO q24h 69 Galliformes,
swans/aspergillosis
5-10 mg/kg PO q12h 69 Waterfowl
10 mg/kg PO q24h×7-10 days 16 Waterfowl/prophylactic dose
10 mg/kg PO q12h 4-6 wk 16 Waterfowl/therapeutic dose
16% itraconazole-impregnated PMMA
fed as grit stones in 1-g pieces 148
Indian peafowl/PD; therapeutic
levels achieved in 2 days
and decreased over 7 days
Ketoconazole 12.5 mg/kg PO q24h×30 days 69 Swans/candidiasis
Nystatin 300,000 U/kg PO q12h×7-14 days 16,69 Waterfowl
Parconazole 30-60 mg/kg feed 69 Guinea fowl/candidiasis;
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