Exotic Animal Formulary5

q12h×3 days,
then repeat 2×
weekly×4
treatments 33,41
Amitraz 250 ppm dip for 2-
5 min duration
q14d×4
treatments or
until resolution
of skin
lesions 19,40,59
topped
tamarins/Acanthocephalus sp.
Red-handed tamarins
(n=2)/demodectic mange; no
hair clipping or bathing; not
rinsed after treatment; dried by
hot-air; ataxia (transient)
Bunamidine
Chloroquine
Clindamycin
Diethylcarbamazine
25-100 mg/kg PO
once 19
2.5-5 mg/kg IM
q24h×4-7 days 19
5 mg/kg PO, IM
q24h×14 days 19
10 mg/kg IM
q24h×2 days,
then 5 mg/kg IM
q24h on day 3 86
10 mg/kg via
nasogastric tube
day 1 AM;
5 mg/kg via
nasogastric tube
day 1 PM, days 2
and 3 q24h 3
10 mg/kg PO, IM
once, then
5 mg/kg 6 hr
later, then
5 mg/kg
q24h×2 days 19,86
12.5 mg/kg PO, IM
q12h×28 days 19
12.5-25 mg/kg PO
q12h×28 days 59
50 mg/kg PO
q24h×10 days 86
New World primates, Old World
primates/cestodes
New World primates, Old World
primates/Plasmodium; follow
with primaquine; give drugs
separately to prevent toxicity
New World primates, Old World
primates/Entamoeba histolytica
Plasmodium sp.; treat concurrently
with primaquine
Monkeys
New World primates, Old World
primates/Plasmodium sp.; treat
concurrently with primaquine
New World primates, Old World
primates/toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasma infection
Squirrel monkeys/filariasis;
effective against microfilaria
and adults
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