Exotic Animal Formulary5

Cyromazine 6% (Rearguard,
Novartis)
Topically q6-10wk 41
Preventative for myiasis
Decoquinate (Deccox, Rhone-
Poulenc)
62.5 ppm in feed 41 Coccidiosis
Diclazuril 4 mg/kg SC 106
1 ppm in feed 41,135 PD; intestinal and hepatic
coccidiosis
Doramectin
0.2 mg/kg IM
once 68,112
Psoroptes mites
0.3 mg/kg SC 50 PD
Emodepside 2.1%/praziquantel
8.6% (Profender, Bayer)
Eprinomectin
Febantel/pyrantel
pamoate/praziquantel
(Drontal Plus, Bayer)
0.14 mL/kg topically
once 41
0.2-0.3 mg/kg SC
once 105
2 mg/kg topically
once 140
½ tablet/5 kg PO
once 41
Trichostrongylus colubriformis
Psoroptes mites
Psoroptes mites
Use tablet for puppies and small
dogs (2-25 lb); effective against
nematodes and cestodes
Fenbendazole — On rare occasions, anemia and
arteritis have been reported 52
5 mg/kg PO 41
5-20 mg/kg PO
q24h×5 days;
repeat in 14
days 41
20 mg/kg PO
q24h×7 days
before and 2 days
after mixing
rabbits 130
20 mg/kg PO
q24h×28 days 112,130
Nematodes; use 20 mg/kg for
Passalurus ambiguous
Preventive against
encephalitozoonosis
Treatment for
encephalitozoonosis; failed to
clear all parasites
50 ppm in feed×2-6
wk 41
Fipronil (Frontline, Merial) Contraindicated 41 Can cause neurologic disease and
death
Imidacloprid (Advantage, Bayer)
10-16 mg/kg
topically once 41,61
Flea adulticide; use single 0.4 mL
dose, 10% solution
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