Exotic Animal Formulary5

6.25-18 mg/g feed×5
days 151
Niclosamide
Piperazine
Potassium permanganate
Brine shrimp
encapsulation of
metronidazole 6
0.055 mg/L×24 hr
bath 71
10 mg/kg q24h in
feed×3 days 100
5 mg/L×30-60 min
bath 100
100 mg/L×5-10 min
bath 100
1 g/L×10-40 sec
bath 100
One Tbs of live strained adult brine
shrimp is approximately 16 g wet
weight (≈262 shrimp/g); 5 g
metronidazole plus 1 Tbs brine
shrimp in 500 mL water for 0.25 hr
will yield 9.32 µg metronidazole per
shrimp (2500 µg per g of shrimp)
Rainbow trout/lampricide
Nonencysted gastrointestinal
nematodes; equivalent to 0.1% in
feed at 1% BW/day
Freshwater fish/protozoan, crustacean
ectoparasites; toxic in water with
high pH; do not mix with formalin;
can be toxic in goldfish 140
Praziquantel 5 mg/kg PO q24h× 3
treatments 149
5 mg/kg PO in feed
q7d, up to 3
treatments 142
Cestodes, some internal digenean
5 mg/kg PO, ICe,
21 days 87 in feed
repeat in 14-
trematodes; could be administered
50 mg/kg PO once 100 Adult cestodes; gavage or give 0.5% in
feed at 1% BW/day
2 mg/L×2-4 hr 113 Metacercaria
2-10 mg/L up to 4 hr
bath 151
5-10 mg/L×3-6 hr
bath, repeat in 7
days 87
Monitor closely for lethargy,
incoordination, loss of equilibrium
Monogenean ectoparasites, cestodes;
aerate water well; some marine fish
sensitive; may be toxic to Corydoras
catfish
5-12 mg/kg feed×3
days 151
Bioencapsulation of
praziquantel in
Place 1 Tbs of strained adult brine
shrimp and 2.5 g praziquantel per
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