THIS SECTION IS INTENDED AS A REFERENCE FOR VETERINARY SURGEONS ONLY
Any medications dispensed or administered, or procedures performed, should only be by or under order of a qualified, licensed veterinary surgeon.
Given the current scarcity of drugs licensed for use in wildlife, the responsible use of the cascade system is recommended.
Drug information and dosages are derived from a variety of sources (see references), and do not necessarily guarantee safety or efficacy.
ANTIBIOTICS ANALGESICS & ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES ANAESTHETICS & SEDATIVES ANTHELMENTICS FLUIDS OTHER
DRUG |
DOSE |
ROUTE |
SUITABLE SPECIES |
DIRECTIONS |
USES/NOTES |
Enrofloxacin (Baytril 5%) |
5mg/kg |
SC |
|
SID for 3 days |
Dog bites, gunshot wounds |
Oxytetracycline LA |
20mg/kg |
IM |
Red Deer |
Single dose |
Wounds |
Oxytetracycline 5% |
10mg/kg |
IM |
|
For 5 days |
Enteritis |
Trimethoprim sulfa |
20mg/kg |
IM |
|
|
Broad-spectrum bactericidal |
DRUG |
DOSE |
ROUTE |
SUITABLE SPECIES |
DIRECTIONS |
USES/NOTES |
Buprenorphine *? (Temgesic/Vetergesic) |
10-20mcg/kg |
IM |
|
|
|
Butorphanol (Torbugesic) *? |
0.2mg/kg |
|
|
|
|
Carprofen (Rimadyl/Zenecarp) |
1mg/kg |
IV |
|
Every 48hrs |
Trauma |
Flunixin |
2mg/kg |
IV |
|
SID |
|
DRUG |
DOSE |
ROUTE |
SUITABLE SPECIES |
DIRECTIONS |
USES/NOTES |
Detomidine/medetomidine |
50-100mcg/kg |
IM, IV |
|
|
With ketamine for deep sedation. Use upper dose for fallow deer |
Diazepam (Valium) |
0.5-1mg/kg |
IM, IV |
Deer |
Contraindicated in shock |
Sedation for capture/handling |
Etorphine |
0.5–0.75 ml/100kg |
IM |
Red, Sika |
|
Field anaesthesia |
Etorphine + |
1.125 – 2.2 mg/100kg + |
IM |
Fallow |
|
Field anaesthesia |
Xylazine |
2mg/kg |
IM, IV |
Use 50% more for Fallow |
|
With Ketamine for deep sedation and induction |
Ketamine |
2-3mg/kg |
IM, IV |
|
|
Deep sedation with xylazine or detomidine/medetomidine and induction following xylazine |
Ketamine + xylazine |
2 – 3mg/kg + 2mg/kg |
IM, IV |
|
|
|
Ketamine + Detomidine *? (Domosedan) |
1-2mg/kg + |
|
Fallow |
Reversal; atipamezole, 3-7 times volume of detomidine given |
Dart capture |
Propofol |
0.6-1.5mg/kg |
IV |
|
|
Prolonging/maintenance of GA |
DRUG |
DOSE |
ROUTE |
SUITABLE SPECIES |
DIRECTIONS |
USES/NOTES |
Moxidectin *2 |
0.2 mg/kg |
|
|
|
|
Ivermectin *3 |
0.2 mg/kg |
SC |
|
Single dose |
|
Ivermectin for cattle |
400mcg/kg |
SC |
Deer |
|
Prophylactic treatment |
DRUG |
DOSE |
ROUTE |
SUITABLE SPECIES |
DIRECTIONS |
USES/NOTES |
Dextrose 50% solution |
1 ml/kg |
IV |
|
|
Initially 1 ml/kg then add to fluids to avoid rebound hypoglycemia |
Hartmann’s |
60-70ml/kg /day |
IV |
|
|
Maintenance |
|
90ml/kg |
IV |
|
rapidly |
Shock |
Hypertonic saline |
|
IV |
|
|
Head trauma |
Mannitol |
|
IV |
|
|
Head trauma |
OTHER *1
DRUG |
DOSE |
ROUTE |
SUITABLE SPECIES |
DIRECTIONS |
USES/NOTES |
Dexamethasone (soluble) |
5mg/kg |
IV |
|
|
Capture myopathy, with IV fluids and glucose. Head trauma cases |
|
0.8mg/kg |
IM, IV |
|
|
Gluconeogenic and anti inflammatory |
Methylprednisolone (Solu medrone V) |
20mg/kg |
IV |
|
|
Corticosteroid, suppression of inflammation, capture myopathy, with IV fluids and glucose. |
Pentobarbital sodium (Pentobarbital) |
150mg/kg |
IV |
Deer |
|
Euthanasia |
Vit E and Selenium (Dystosel) *1 |
1ml muntjac |
IM |
Deer |
|
On arrival |
References
BSAVA Manual of Wildlife Casualties
*1 Practical Wildlife Care, Second Edition, Les Stocker
*2 FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 41/8, Rome 1996
*3 The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products, 1996
*4 Medical management of the white-tailed deer fawn