Exotic Animal Formulary5

needed 3
1.5 mg/kg IV and max of 3 mg/kg
1-2 mg/kg IV bolus 41,72 Common marmosets 41
20-50 µg/kg/min IV
constant rate infusion 72
Ventricular arrhythmia
Lisinopril 0.25-0.5 mg/kg PO q24h 3 Chimpanzees
Loperamide 0.04 mg/kg PO q8h 3 Monkeys
4 mg/animal PO prn 3 Chimpanzees
Mannitol (25%) 0.25-0.5 g/kg IV over 5-
10 min 3 Monkeys/diuretic
0.5-1 g/kg IV constant rate
infusion 3
Chimpanzees
1.65-2.2 g/kg IV over
20 min 3 Monkeys/cerebral edema
Medroxyprogesterone
acetate
5 mg/kg IM q6wk 59 Lemurs/seasonal contraceptive
5-10 mg/animal PO
q24h×5-10 days 3
Monkeys/contraceptive
150 mg/animal IM once
q3mo 3 or q30d 23
Chimpanzees,
monkeys/contraceptive; 3 rhesus
macaques/endometriosis 23
Megestrol acetate 800 mg/animal PO q24h 3 Chimpanzees
Melengestrol acetate
implant (MGA,
WildPharm)
— Implant must be ethylene oxide
sterilized then degassed for 2 wk
before surgical placement;
available only in United States
0.06 g/kg 80 Great apes, gibbons
0.1 g/kg 80 Old World primates, except colobinae
(0.15 g/kg)
0.25 g/kg 80 Lemurs
0.4 g/kg 80 Howler monkeys
0.5 g/kg 80 Spider monkeys, saki monkeys,
cebids
0.7 g/kg 80 New World primates other than
howler, spider, saki, capuchin,
and squirrel monkeys; not
recommended in Callimico 41,80
1 g/kg 80 Squirrel monkeys
Metformin 5-10 mg/kg PO q12h 41 Common marmosets/oral
hypoglycemic
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