Exotic Animal Formulary5

Antimicrobial Agents Used in Wild Mammals. a-c
Agent Dosage Species/Comments
Amikacin
10-15 mg/kg SC, IM, IV
q12h 90
Rodents
20 mg/kg SC q24h 7 Bats
1.25 g/20 g
methylmethacrylate 85
To make antibiotic impregnated
polymethylmethacrylate beads
Amoxicillin 10-20 mg/kg PO q8h 67 Rats, mice, squirrels, bats, raccoons,
opossums, wild felids, canids; do
not use in rabbits and certain
species of rodents
Amoxicillin/
clavulanic acid
(Clavamox, Zoetis)
Ampicillin
sodium/sulbactam
(Unasyn, Pfizer)
— Do not use in rabbits and certain
species of rodents
13-22 mg/kg PO q8-
12h 67,74
Rats, mice, squirrels, bats, raccoons,
opossums, wild felids, canids
— Stable for 3 days refrigerated and 3 mo
frozen
10-20 mg/kg IM, IV
q8h 67
For infections susceptible to
amoxicillin/clavulanate in patients
unable to receive oral doses
Ampicillin trihydrate — Do not use in rabbits and certain
species of rodents
6.6 mg/kg SC, IM q12h 67 Canids, felids
20-30 mg/kg SC, IM, IV
q8h 67,74
Rats, mice, squirrels, raccoons,
opossums
Azithromycin
(Zithromax, Pfizer)
5-10 mg/kg PO q24h×3-
5 days 67 Carnivores
20 mg/kg PO q24h 7 Bats
Cefazolin sodium — Do not use in rabbits and rodents
Cefovecin (Convenia,
Zoetis)
10-30 mg/kg SC, IM, IV
q8h 67
2 g/20 g
methylmethacrylate 85
8 mg/kg SC once, repeat
in 10 days if
indicated
Carnivores
To make antibiotic impregnated
polymethylmethacrylate beads
Carnivores; based on authors’
experience in raccoons, foxes,
otters 8,54
Ceftazidime 25-30 mg/kg IM, IV q8-
12h 67
Carnivores
893