Exotic Animal Formulary5

50 mg/kg PO
q24h×5 days 41
Common marmosets/Baylisascaris
Fipronil (9.8% soln)
Furazolidone
50 mg/kg PO
q24h×14 days 19,41
50 mg/kg PO
q24h×3 days,
repeat in 3 wk 3
50 mg/kg PO every 2
wk until
infection
resolved 41
0.2 mL/kg topically
every 6 wk 19
5 mg/kg PO
q6h×7 days 86
100 mg/animal PO
q6h×7 days 86
Common marmosets/Filaroides sp.,
Trichospiura leptostoma
Chimpanzees/for monkeys repeat
in 3 mo
Common marmosets/Capillaria
hepatica
Prosimians/Cuterebra sp., ticks
Great apes (juveniles)/Giardia sp.
Great apes (adults)/Giardia sp.;
more palatable, but less
effective than other agents
Ivermectin 0.2 mg/kg PO 27 Lemurs
0.2 mg/kg PO, 3,7
SC, 3,12,44 IM 7,44
Chimpanzees, monkeys, Eulemur
0.2 mg/kg PO, SC,
IM, repeat in 10-
14 days 19,59
Levamisole
Mebendazole
0.2 mg/kg SC or
topically, repeat
after 4 wk 41
0.3 mg/kg PO every
7 days×4
treatments 42
2.5 mg/kg PO
q24h×14 days 86
5 mg/kg PO, repeat
in 21 days 19,59
7.5 mg/kg SC, repeat
in 14 days 19
3 mg/kg PO
q24h×10 days 19
Common
marmosets/Anatrichosoma,
Sarcoptes, Demodex,
Dipetalonema, pentastomids
Callitrichids/Gongylonema sp.
Prosimians/Physaloptera
Strongyloides, Trichuris, Spiruroides
New World primates, Old World
primates/Trichuris, Ancylostoma
New World primates, Old World
primates/Ancylostoma
10-20 mg/kg PO 7 Eulemur, 7
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