Exotic Animal Formulary5

IV
q3-4h 16,69
Botulinum type C
antitoxin (100
U/mL) (National
Wildlife Health
Center)
Calcium EDTA (edetate
calcium disodium)
1 mL IP 69,109 Waterfowl/not commercially available; produced
for experimental use in migratory birds 69
10-40 mg/kg IM, Waterfowl
IV q12h×5-
10 days 16
25-50 mg/kg IV
q12h 69
Geese
Deferiprone (Ferriprox,
Apotex)
Magnesium sulfate
(Epsom salts)
50 mg/kg PO Chickens/PK; iron chelation; may produce rustcolored
urates; supplemental zinc may be
q12h×
30 days 69,175 indicated; 69 an orphan drug in the United
States
500-1000 mg/kg Waterfowl/cathartic used in lead toxicosis to
PO q24h×1- encourage passage of heavy-metal particles 16
3 days 16,69
Melatonin
10 mg/kg in
feed 128
Chickens/aflatoxin exposure; liver and kidney
damage greatly reduced in chicks
administered aflatoxin and melatonin
concurrently for 21 days 128
Penicillamine
(Cuprimine, Merck)
30-55 mg/kg PO Waterfowl
q12h×7-
14 days 69
55 mg/kg PO
q12h×
7-14 days 16 Waterfowl
Pralidoxime mesylate
(2-PAM) (Protopam,
Wyeth-Ayerst)
10-100 mg/kg Waterfowl
IM q24-48h
or repeat
once after
6 hr 69
100 mg/kg IM,
repeat once
after 6 hr 16
Waterfowl
a
Many poultry species are considered food-producing animal species, and as such, these species are
regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 166 Even if the individual animals of any of
these species are never used for food, they are still regulated by the FDA. The FDA prohibits the use of
certain drugs, with no allowable extra-label drug use, in any food-producing animal species. These
prohibited drugs are clearly identified in the tables, and the doses are provided in case they are needed
for a similar but non-food-producing animal species (e.g., Attwater’s prairie chicken), and listings should
in no way be misconstrued as an endorsement of using FDA-prohibited drugs in any food-producing
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