Exotic Animal Formulary5

5-10 mg/kg IM q4-7d 3 Monkeys
Sucralfate
0.5 g/animal PO;
maintenance q12h,
active ulcer q6h×4-6
wk 3
Monkeys/prevent or treat gastric
ulcers
1 g/animal PO q12h 3 Chimpanzees
Sulpiride
400-800 mg/animal PO
q24h 76
Gorilla (n=1)/antipsychotic; treat
concurrently with haloperidol;
extrapyramidal symptoms;
neuroleptic malignant syndrome
is rare but potential side effect
Telmisartan 1 mg/kg PO 41 Common marmosets/protein losing
nephropathy
Terbutaline 0.05 mg/kg IM, IV 18 Great apes/bronchodilator
5 mg/animal PO q24h 3 Chimpanzees
Theophylline
Tolbutamine
Triamcinolone
5 mg/kg, then 2-4 mg/kg
PO q6-8h 3
250 mg/animal PO q24h,
then
100 mg/animal PO
q48h 86
0.2-2 mg/kg IM prn 3 or
q3d 86
Chimpanzees
Capuchin monkey (n=1)/non–
insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus
Monkeys
Vitamin B 12 3-5 mL PO, IM, IV 3 Chimpanzees
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) — Vitamin C is an essential nutrient for
nonhuman primates 59,64,71
1-4 mg/kg PO q24h 41
3-6 mg/kg PO q24h to
prevent scurvy 69
Common marmosets/maintenance;
up to 25 mg/kg/day 59
4-25 mg/kg PO q24h 3 Chimpanzees
25 mg/kg PO, IM 86
q12h×5 days 41
Macaques, 86 common
marmosets 41 /deficiency situation
30 mg/kg IM q24h 3 Monkeys
Vitamin D 3 — Vitamin D is an essential nutrient for
nonhuman primates; 10 elevated
concentration that is not D 2 is
required for New World
primates 64
20 U/kg PO q24h 3 Chimpanzees
862