Doses to know Flashcards
Fluid Therapy
Dog:
- Maintenance: 40-60 ml/kg/day
- Rehydration: dehydration % x body weight x 10ml
- Colloids: 5-10 ml/kg in 10 min
- Hypertonic crystalloid: 4-5 ml/kg in 5 min
Acepromazine
Dog:
- PO: 1-2 mg/kg
- IM, IV: 0.2-0.3 mg/kg
Horses:
- PO: 0.1-0,4 mg/kg
- IM, IV: 0.03-0.1 mg/kg
Xylazine
Dog and Cat:
- IM, IV, SC: 1-4 mg/kg
Cattle:
- IM: 0.05-01 mg/kg
Horse:
- IV: 0.5-0.1 mg/kg
Dexmedetomidine
Dog:
- IM, IV: 5-10 ug/kg Preanesthesia
- IM, IV: 10-20 ug/kg sedation + analgesia
Cat:
- IM, IV: 40 ug/kg preanestheisa and sedation + analgesia
Diazepam
Dog and Cat:
- IV: 0.5-2 mg/kg
Midazolam
Dog and Cat:
- IV, IM: 0.1-0.4 mg/kg
Horse:
- IV: 0.06 mg/kg
Phenobarbital
Dog:
- PO: 1-5 mg/kg BID
Atropin:
Dog:
- IM, IV: 0.02 mg/kg
- (PO poisoning 0.2-0.5 mg/kg, IV: 1/4, SC:3/4)
Epinephrin
Dog and Cat:
- IV, IT: 0.01-0.2 mg/kg
Horse:
- IV: 0.01-0.02 mg/kg
Dopamine
Dog and Cat:
- IV: 5 ug/kg/min
Aminophylline
Dog:
- PO, IM: 10 mg/kg TID
Doxapram
Dog and Cat:
- IV: 5-10 mg/kg
- sublingially 1-2 drops (neonatal)
Morphine
Dog:
- IV, IM: 0.3-0.8 mg/kg
Cat:
- IV, IM: 0.1-0.4 mg/kg
Horses:
- IM, IV: 0.1 mg/kg
Codein
Dog:
- PO: 1-2 mg/kg
Fentanyl
Dog and cat:
- IV: 1-5 ug/kg
Horses:
- IV: 6-8 ug/kg
Tramadol
Dog:
- PO: 4-6 mg/kg
- IV: 2mg/kg
Cat:
- PO: 2-4 mg/kg
- IV: 2 mg/kg
Horse:
- 4-10 mg/kg
Butorphanol
Dog and cat:
- IV, IM, SC: 0.2-0.5 mg/kg
Horse:
- IV, IM, SC: 0.01-0.1 mg/kg
Buprenorphine
Dog and Cat:
- IV, IM, SC: 0.2-0.5 mg/kg
Horses:
- IV, IM, SC: 4-6 ug/kg
Propofol
Dog and cat:
- IV: 6-8 mg/kg (without premed)
- IV: 3-4 mg/kg/min (perioperative analgesia)
Ketamin
Dog and cat:
- IV, IM: 5-10 mg/kg (anesthesia in combination)
- IV: 10 ug/kg/min (perioperative analgesia)
Horse:
- IV: 0.4-0.8 mg/kg/h
Isoflurane
Dog, cat and horse:
- 1-2% MAC
Sevoflurane
Dog. cat and horse:
- 2-3% MAC
Carprofen
Dog:
- Loading dose: 4.4 mg&kg
- Maintenance dose: 2.2 mg/kg
Cat:
- IV, SC: 4 mg/kg once
Cattle:
- IV, SC: 1.4 mg/kg SID
Horse:
- 0.7 mg/kg SID
Meloxicam
Dog:
- SC, PO: 0.2 mg/kg SID on the first day
- then, 0.1 mg/kg SID
Cat:
- SC, PO: 0,1 mg/kg SID on the first day
- then, 0.05 mg/kg SID
Cattle:
- IV, SC: 0.5 mg/kg SID
Swine:
- IM: 0.4 mg/kg SID
Horse:
- IV: 0.6 mg/kg SID
Metamizole sodium
Dog:
- IV, IM: 20-25 mg/kg SID
Horses:
- IV, IM: 20-50 mg/kg SID
Prednisolone
Dog:
- PO, IM: 0.5-1 mg/kg: anti-inflammatory
- PO: 1-2 mg/kg BID (immunosuppression)
Dexamethasone
Dog:
- IM: 0.1 mg/kg: anti-inflammatory
- IV: 0.3-0.5 mg/kg (immunosuppression)
Cattle:
- IM: 0.06 mg/kg
Swine and horse:
- IM: 0.06 mg/kg
Cyclosporin:
Dog:
- PO: 5mg/kg SID
Cat:
- PO: 7 mg/kg SID
Benazepril:
Dog and Cat:
- PO: 0.25-0.5 mg/kg SID
Telmisartan:
Dog and Cat:
- PO: 1mg/kg SID
Spironolactone:
Dog and cat:
- PO: 1-2 mg/kg SID
Furosemide
Dog:
- Iv, IM, PO: 1-5 mg/kg BID, TID
Cat:
- IV, IM: 1-2 mg/kg, BID, TID
- PO: 0.5-2.5 mg/kg, BID, TID
Horse:
- IV: 0.5-1mg/kg BID
Metocloparamide
Dog and cat:
- IV, SC, PO: 0.2-0.5 mg/kg TID
Horse:
- IV: 0.04 mg/kg/h (motility increase)
Ondansetron
Dog:
- PO: 0.1-1 mg/kg, SID, BID
- IV: 0.1-0.2 mg/kg SID, BID
Cat:
- IV, PO: 0.22 mg/kg BID, TID
Famotidine
Dog and Cat:
- PO, IV: 0.5-1 mg/kg SID, BID
- (Cats, longterm: BID every second day)
Omeprazole
Dog, cat:
- PO: 0.5-1 mg/kg, SID, BID
Horse:
- PO: 2-4 mg/kg SID
Amoxicillin
Dog, Cat:
- IV: 15-30 mg/kg TID (severe infection)
- PO: 15-20 mg/kg TID
Cattle:
- PO: 20-30 mg/kg (calf)
- IM: 15 mg/kg
Swine:
- PO: 20-30 mg/kg
- IM: 15 mg/kg
Poultry:
- PO: 20-30 mg/kg
Amoxicillin clavulanic acid
Dog and Cat:
- PO, IV, SC, IM: 12.5-25 mg/kg BID, TID
Cefalexin
Dog and cat:
- PO, SC, IM: 15-25 mg/kg BID
Ceftiofur
Cattle:
- SC, IM: 6.6 mg/kg (CCFA)
Swine:
- SC, IM: 5mg/kg (CCFA)
Horse:
- SC, IM: 6.6 mg/kg (CCFA)
- SC, IM: 2.2-4.4 mg/kg (HCI) (not authorized)
Ceftriaxone:
Dog and cat:
- IV, IM: 25.50 mg/kg, SID, BID
Horse:
- IV 25mg/kg BID (not authorized)
Gentamicin:
Dog and cat:
- IV, IM, SC: 5-10 mg/kg SID
Swine:
- PO: 5 mg/kg
Horse:
- IV, IM: 6.6 mg/kg SID (not authorized)
Amikacin:
Dog:
- IV, IM, SC: 15-30 mg/kg SID
Cat:
- IV, IM, SC: 10-15 mg/kg SID
Horse:
- IV, IM: 10mg/kg SID (not authorized)
Doxyxycline
Dog and cat:
- PO: 10mg/kg SID
Horse:
- PO: 10mg/kg SID, BID (not authorized)
Poultry:
- PO: 7.5-15 mg/kg SID
Azithromycin
Dog and cat:
- PO: 10mg/kg SID
Horse:
- PO: 10mg/kg SID (not authorized)
Clarithromycin
Dog, cat:
- PO: 10mg/kg BID
Horses:
- PO: 7.5 mg/kg BID
Tilmicosin
Cattle
- SC: 10mg/kg
Swine:
- PO: 15-20 mg/kg
Clindamycin
dog and cat:
- PO: 11 mg/kg SID, BID
- PO: 25 mg/kg (toxoplasmosis)
Florfenicol:
Cattle:
- IM: 40 mg/kg ADT
Swine:
- IM: 30mg/kg ADT
Poultry:
- PO: 20mg/kg SID
Enrofloxacin
Dog:
- PO, SC: 5-20 mg/kg SID
Cat:
- PO, SC: 5 mg/kg SID
Cattle:
- SC, IV: 5 mg/kg SID
- SC: 7.5 mg/kg (one shot)
Poultry:
- PO: 10 mg/kg SID
Metronidazole:
Dog:
- PO, SC, IV: 10-25 mg/kg SID, BID
- (hgher against Giardia)
Cat:
- PO, SC, IV: 10-25 mg/kg SID, BID
- (higher against Giardia)
Horses:
- PO: 5 mg/kg TID (not authorized)
- only if not food-producing
Monensin
Poultry:
- PO: 100 ppm
Albendazole
Cattle
- PO: 7.5-10 mg/kg
Fenbendazole
Dog and cat:
- PO: 50mg/kg SID
Cattle:
- PO: 7.5mg/kg
Swine:
- PO: 5mg/kg
Horses:
- PO: 7.5 mg/kg
Ivermectin
Dog and cat:
- SC, PO: 0.2-0.4 mg/kg
Cattle:
- SC: 0.2 mg/kg
Swine:
- SC: 0.3 mg/kg
Horse:
- PO: 0.2 mg/kg