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Drug/Drug Combination | Dog | Cat |
Dichlorophene | 200 mg/kg, PO (UK) 220 mg/kg, PO (USA) | 200 mg/kg, PO (UK) |
Dichlorvos | 27-33 mg/kg, PO for adults (extra-label) 11 mg/kg, PO for all ages (USA) | 11 mg/kg, PO (USA) |
Diethylcarbamazine citrate | 55-110 mg/kg, PO; repeat 10-20 days later (USA, CAN) | 55-110 mg/kg, PO; repeat 10-20 days later (CAN) |
Diethylcarbamazine citrate + oxibendazole (daily HW) | 6.6 mg/kg + 5 mg/kg, respectively, PO (USA) | |
Epsiprantel | 5.5 mg/kg, PO (USA, CAN) | 2.75 mg/kg, PO (USA, CAN) |
Fenbendazole | 50 mg/kg, PO, sid for 3 days (USA, CAN, UK) 100 mg/kg, PO for adults (UK) | 50 mg/kg, PO, sid for 3 days (UK) 100 mg/kg, PO for adults (UK) |
Flubendazole | 22 mg/kg, PO, sid for 2 days for roundworms and hookworms; sid for 3 days for
Trichuris
vulpis
and
Taenia
pisiformis
(UK) | 22 mg/kg, PO, sid for 2 days for roundworms and hookworms; sid for 3 days for
Taenia
taeniaeformis
(UK) |
Ivermectin (monthly HW) | | 0.024 mg/kg (USA, CAN) |
Ivermectin + pyrantel (monthly HW) | 0.006 mg/kg + 5 mg/kg, respectively, PO (USA, CAN) | |
Mebendazole | 50-200 mg total, PO, bid for 2-5 days; depends on age and weight (UK) | 50-200 mg total, PO, bid for 2-5 days; depends on age and weight (UK) |
Milbemycin oxime (monthly HW + therapy) | 0.5 mg/kg, PO (USA, CAN, UK) | 2.0 mg/kg, PO (USA, CAN) |
Milbemycin oxime + lufenuron (monthly HW) | 0.5 mg/kg + 10 mg/kg, respectively, PO (USA, CAN, UK) | |
Moxidectin | 0.17 mg/kg, SC; 6-mo HW injectable (USA, CAN) | |
Nitroscanate | 50 mg/kg, PO (CAN, UK) | |
Piperazine | 55-62 mg/kg, PO for roundworms, re-treat 10 days after first treatment (USA, CAN); 80-100 mg piperazine hydrate/kg, PO for roundworms (UK); 120-240 mg piperazine hydrate/kg, PO for hookworms (UK) | 55-62 mg/kg, PO for roundworms, re-treat 10 days after first treatment (USA, CAN); 80-100 mg piperazine hydrate/kg, PO for roundworms (UK); 120-240 mg piperazine hydrate/kg, PO for hookworms (UK) |
Praziquantel | Follow label dose PO, SC, IM (USA, CAN) 5 mg/kg, PO (UK) 5.68 mg/kg, SC, IM (UK) | Follow label dose PO, SC, IM (USA, CAN) 5 mg/kg, PO (UK) 5.68 mg/kg, SC, IM (UK) Follow label dose for topical formulation (UK) |
Praziquantel + pyrantel | | Follow label dose, PO (USA, CAN, UK) |
Praziquantel + pyrantel + febantel | Follow label dose, PO (USA, CAN, UK) | |
Pyrantel | 5 mg/kg, PO for dogs >2.3 kg (USA) 10 mg/kg, PO for dogs <2.3 kg (USA) 5 mg/kg, PO for all weights (USA, CAN, UK) | 20 mg/kg, PO; repeat 7-10 days later (CAN) 5-10 mg/kg, PO; repeat 2 wk later (extra-label) |
Pyrantel + febantel | 14.4 mg/kg + 15 mg/kg, respectively, PO (UK) | |
Pyrantel + oxantel | 5 mg/kg + 20 mg/kg, respectively, PO (CAN) | |
Selamectin (monthly HW + therapy) | 6 mg/kg, topical (CAN, UK) | 6 mg/kg, topical (USA, CAN, UK) |
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