Calculations for Vetafarm Psittavet Injectable Doxycycline

The dosage: 35 mg/kg every 7 days or 70 mg/kg every 7 days. The latter dosage is for treatment of pneumonia in rats.

The suspension: 50 mg/ml

Note: This doxycycline formulation is a long-lasting injectable. It can not be given orally and you calculate a single dose as the amount you would give one rat his/her dose at 2.5 mg/kg or 5 mg/kg twice daily for 7 days (the calculation, for which, is above under "The dosage.").

These calculations do not apply to any other product or formulation other than the one mentioned above!

Rat's Weight (g)	Rat's weight (oz)	Dosage: 2.5 mg/kg	Dosage: 5 mg/kg
100	3.5	0.07 cc	0.14 cc
200	7.1	0.14 cc	0.28 cc
300	10.6	0.21 cc	0.42 cc
400	14.1	0.28 cc	0.56 cc
500	17.6	0.35 cc	0.70 cc
600	21.2	0.42 cc	0.84 cc
700	24.7	0.49 cc	0.98 cc
800	28.2	0.56 cc	1.12 cc
900	31.7	0.63 cc	1.26 cc
1000	35.3	0.70 cc	1.40 cc

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