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VetBooks.ir Drugs Used in Reproductive Disorders—cont’d CANINE DOSE FELINE DOSE

TRADE NAME
DRUG
USE
Aglepristone Alizine, Virbac 10 mg/kg SC, twice, 24 hr 10 or 15 mg/kg SC,
apart twice, 24 h apart
Cabergoline Galastop, 5 µg/kg PO q24h, 3-5
Boehringer days, begin ≥ day 49
Ingelheim;
Dostinex, Pfizer
Lutalyse, Zoetis 0.1-0.2 mg/kg SC q8-12h, 0.1-0.2 mg/kg SC
PGF 2α
begin ≥ day 35, until q12h, begin day 45,
abortion complete until abortion
Plus misoprostol 1-3 µg/kg, complete
intravaginally, q24h until
abortion complete
Dexamethasone 0.2 mg/kg PO, twice daily
to effect
Agalactia Oxytocin 10 U/mL Various 0.25-1 U/dog SC, 30 min 0.25-1 U/queen SC,
before nursing for milk 30 min before nursing
letdown for milk letdown
and and
Metoclopramide Reglan, 0.1-0.2 mg/kg, PO or SC, 0.1-0.2 mg/kg, PO or
Wyeth-Ayerst q12h for milk production SC, q12h for milk
production
Benign prostatic Finasteride Proscar and 0.1-0.5 mg/kg
hyperplasia Propecia, Merck or
5 mg/dog PO q24h
Dystocia* Calcium gluconate Various 10% solution 1 mL/4.5 kg 10% solution
SC or IM SC q4-6h; give in 1 mL/4.5 kg SC
multiple sites if > 6 mL. q4-6h; give before
Give before oxytocin. oxytocin
Oxytocin SC or IM Various 0.25-2 U/bitch, SC or IM, 0.25-2 U/queen, SC or
q30-60 min to maintain IM, q30-60 min to
normal labor pattern maintain normal labor
pattern
Estrus induction Cabergoline Galastop, 5 µg/kg PO q24h, until 2
during anestrus Boehringer days after onset of
Ingelheim; cytologic proestrus
Dostinex, Pfizer
Deslorelin Ovuplant, Fort 1.05 or 2.1 mg, SC
Dodge implant in vestibular
mucosa in ventral
commissure of vulva;
remove when in proestrus
eCG 100 IU IM
Followed in 80-84 h
with hCG 75-100 IU
IM
Estrus suppression Deslorelin Ovuplant, Fort 6-12 mg, SC implant † 6 mg, SC implant
Dodge
False pregnancy Cabergoline Galastop, 5 µg/kg PO q24h to effect
Boehringer (usually 3-5 days)
Ingelheim;
Dostinex, Pfizer
Continued