Exotic Animal Formulary5

2-5 mg/animal IM 20 Chimpanzees (juvenile)
Azathioprine 1-2 mg/kg PO q24h 3 Monkeys/immunosuppressive agent;
purine antagonist
1-2.5 mg/kg PO q24h 3 Chimpanzees
Benazepril 0.25-0.5 mg/kg PO q24h 41 Common marmosets/less
nephrotoxicity than enalapril
Bisacodyl 10-15 mg PO as needed 3 Chimpanzees
Bismuth subsalicylate 10 mg/kg PO q12h 86 Macaques/quadruple treatment for
Helicobacter pylori; see amoxicillin
(Table 13.1)
30 mL PO as needed 3 Chimpanzees
40 mg/kg PO q8-12h 3 Monkeys
Budesonide
0.5 mg/animal PO q24h×8
wk, then 0.75 mg PO
q24h×8 wk 41
Common marmosets/marmoset
wasting syndrome
Calcitonin 10 U/kg q48h×3 wk 41 Common marmosets/must be
normocalcemic
Calcitriol 0.03 mg/kg PO q24h 3 Chimpanzees
Calcium glubionate 1 mL/kg PO q12h 41 Common marmosets/metabolic bone
disease
Calcium gluconate 200 mg/kg SC, IM, IV 3,86 Chimpanzees/hypocalcemia;
hyperkalemia; prophylaxis and
therapy of nutritional secondary
hyperparathyroidism
Captopril 1 mg/kg PO 86 ACE inhibitor and vasodilator
Carvedilol
3.125 mg PO q12h×2 wk,
then 6.25 mg PO q12h,
increase as needed 3
Chimpanzees
Cimetidine 5-10 mg/kg PO 41 Common marmosets/Helicobacter
10 mg/kg PO, IM q8h 3 Monkeys/gastrointestinal ulceration
300 mg/animal PO, IM,
slow IV
q6-8h 3
Chimpanzees
Cisapride 0.2 mg/kg PO q12h×3 wk 86 Macaques/promotes gastrointestinal
motility; compounded in United
States
Dapsone
50 mg/animal PO q24h;
100 mg/animal PO
q24h 3
Chimpanzees/use higher dose with
leprosy
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