Exotic Animal Formulary5

q24h×28 days 86 3 and 25 mg/animal q24h for 28
days; treat concurrently with
sulfadiazine
10 mg/kg PO q24h 19 Plasmodium; folic acid antagonist
so monitor for deficiency
Pyrvinium
Quinacrine
5 mg/kg PO once,
repeat every 6
mo 19
2 mg/kg PO
q8h×7 days 19,86
10 mg/kg PO
q8h×5 days 19
New World primates, Old World
primates/pinworms
New World primates, Old World
primates/may cause
gastrointestinal upset in
squirrel monkeys; 19 great
apes/Giardia; maximum dose of
300 mg/day 86
New World primates, Old World
primates/Giardia
Ronnel
55 mg/kg PO or Lung mites
topically q72h×4
treatments, then
every 7 days for
3 mo 19
Sulfadiazine
Sulfadimethoxine
Tetracycline
25-50 mg/kg PO
q6h 86
100 mg/kg PO
q24h 19
50 mg/kg PO once,
then 25 mg/kg
q24h 19
15 mg/kg PO
q8h×10-14 days 86
25-50 mg/kg PO
q24h×5-10 days 86
Great apes/toxoplasmosis,
maximum dose of
6 g/animal/day; treat
concurrently with
pyrimethamine
Toxoplasmosis; treat concurrently
with pyrimethamine
Coccidiosis
Great apes (infants,
juveniles)/Balantidium coli
Great apes/Entamoeba, Balantidium
500-1000 mg/animal
PO q8h×10-
14 days 86 Great apes (adults)/Balantidium coli
Thiabendazole 50 mg/kg PO 7
q24h×2 days 3,19
Eulemur, 7 infant monkeys 3 /Necator
50 mg/kg PO×3-
5 days 90 Prosimians/nematodes
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