Fish disease - medication and dosage treatment chart

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Chemotherapeutic	Dose	Indication	Remarks
Acetylsalicylic acid	5 mg/kg OID	stress relief	none
Ampicillin	10 mg/kg BID	bacterial infection	not advised. Ineffective
Ascorbic acid	700 mg/kg of food	hypovitaminosis C	none
Asprin	5 mg/kg OID	stress relief	none
Aureomycin	10 mg/kg	bacterial infection	none
Chloramphenicol palmitate	1 g/kg food OID 50-100 mg/kg fish	bacterial infection bacterial infection	not advised. Ineffective
Chlortetracycline	10-20 mg/kg BID/OID	bacterial infection	many resistant bacteria
Cycloserine	3 mg/100 gm of food	bacterial infection	possibly effective against Mycobacteria
Dichlorvos	20 mg/kg ONCE	nematodes	none
Difloxacin	5 mg/kg OID	bacterial infection	low resistence potential
Dimetridazole	150 mg/100 g food OID, 5 days	Hexamita spp.	none
Erythromycin	20 mg/kg	bacterial infection	not advised. Ineffective
Erythromycin thiocyanate	100 mg/kg OID for 10 days 150 mg/kg OID for 14 days	bacterial infection bacterial infection	not advised. Ineffective not advised. Ineffective
Erythromycin phosphate	100 mg/kg OID for 10 days	bacterial infection	not advised. Ineffective
Fendendazole	11 mg/kg OID twice	nematodes	none
Folic acid	5 mg/kg OID	vitamin deficiency	none
Furazolidone .	25 mg/kg OID for 20 days	antimicrosporidial	inhibits spread of whirling disease, but does not cure.
Furoxone	25 mg/kg OID for 20 days	antimicrosporidial	inhibits spread of whirling desease,but does not cure
Gentamicin	0.75 mg/kg	bacterial infection	poorly absorbed in the gut. Some resistant strains.
Griseofulvin	50 mg/kg OID	deep fungal infection	none
Hydrocortisone	4 mg/kg BID	anti-inflammatory	none
Isoniazid	2 mg/kg OID	Bradycardia, cardiac insufficiency	none
Kanamycin	20 mg/kg OID 10 mg/kg QID	bacterial infection bacterial infection	poorly absorbed in the gut. Some resistant strains
Kaopectate	1 ml/kg QID	enteritis, gastritis	none
Levamisole	10 mg/kg 3 doses 7 days apart	nematodes	none
Mebendazole	20 mg/kg weekly for three treatments	nematodes	none
Metronidazole	50 mg/kg OID for 5 days 1 g/100 g of food OID for 5 days	flagellate infection Hexamita spp.	none none
Minocycline	0.5 mg/kg OID	bacterial infection, mycobacteriosis	none
Naladixic acid	20 mg/kg OID	bacterial infection	none
Neomycin	20 mg/kg QID	bacterial enteritis	poorly absorbed in the gut. Some resistant strains
Nitrofurazone	50 mg/kg OID 75-100 mg/kg OID 5 to 15 days 20 mg/kg TID	bacterial enteritis microsporidial infection Aeromonas sp., Edwardsiella sp, Yersinia sp.	none controls but does not eliminate Plesitophora sp. in golden shiners. Stops fish reproduction. <1% bioavailable. generally more effective than Chlorotetracycline. Resistant strains common. Apparently not immunosupressive at these doses.
Penicillin G (NA)	125 mg/kg OID for 21 days	bacterial kidney disease	none
Penicillin (K)	40,000 units/kg QID	bacterial infection	none
Pepto-Bismol	2 ml/kg OID	gastritis, enteritis	none
Piperazine	110 mg/kg ONCE	nematodes	none
Praziquantel HCL	400 mg/100 g food OID for 7 days 500 mg/kg ONCE	trematodes, Diplostomum sanguinicola cestodes	none
Quinacrine	75 mg BID for 3 days	protozoan infection	repeat in 3 days
Riboflavin	10 mg/kg OID	deficiency	none
Streptomycin	25 mg/kg OID	broad spectrum antibacterial	poorly absorbed from gut. Some resistant strains
Sulfadiazine	220 mg/kg Once, followed by 5 day at half initial dose s	protozoal infection, bacterial infection	none
Sulfamerazine	42 mg/kg OID	prophylaxis for bacterial kidney disease	in feed
Tribrissen	1 mg/kg OID for 14 days	Broad spectrum antibiotic	effective against Yersinia ruckeri, Escherichia, Streptococcus, Proteus, Salmonella, Pasteurella, and Shigella
Vitamin A	500 U/kg OID for 14 days	hypovitaminosis	none
Vitamin B12	200 ug/day Q3D	hypovitaminosis, appetite stimulant	none
Vitamin D	30 U/kg Q7D	hypovitaminosis	none
Vitamin E	100 IU/kg Q3D	hypovitaminosis	none

This data is copyright 1994 by Frank M. Greco and to be used only with permission of author. While the information is current and has been checked against references, neither the author or Pets Warehouse, assumes responsibility or liability.

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