1 mL/22.5 kg, IM (llamas); 1 mL/18 kg, IM (alpacas)
Mix 1,000 mg ketamine with 100 mg xylazine and 10 mg butorphanol; if needed to maintain anesthesia, ½ initial dose can be given IV in the medial saphenous vein
Antibiotics
Aqueous procaine penicillin
20–40,000 units/kg, SC
Long-acting tetracycline
18–20 mg/kg, SC, every 2–3 days
Ceftiofur
2.2 mg/kg, IM or IV, bid
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
3/15 mg/kg, IV, bid
Ampicillin sodium
6 mg/kg, IM or IV, bid
Enrofloxacin
5 mg/kg, IV, bid
Gentamicin
0.75 mg/kg, IV, tid
4–5 mg/kg/day, IV
Tobramycin
4 mg/kg/day, IV
Amikacin
12 mg/kg/day, IV
Reproductive
hCGa
5,000 IU
GnRH
1 mcg/kg
Cloprostenol
100–150 mcg, IM, repeated in 24 hr
Dinoprost tromethamine
5 mg, SC, repeated in 24 hr
Anthelmintics
Ivermectin
0.2 mg/kg
Pyrantel pamoate
18 mg/kg
Fenbendazole
5–10 mg/kg
Clorsulon
7–14 mg/kg
Albendazole
10 mg/kg
Coccidial
Ponazurilb
20 mg/kg/day for 3 days
Ideally should be followed by sulfadimethoxine, 55 mg/kg, SC on day 1, then 27.5 mg/kg, SC, for 2 additional days
Gastric
Omeprazole
0.4 mg/kg, bid
Mange, Local Therapy
Mixture of:
Shake before use and apply mixture to local lesions with a paint brush every 5 days for 5 treatments
