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US brand names:Mitaban, Taktic
Amitraz is dosed at 1.4 mL/L water (0.007% amitraz solution), topical topical q7-14d x 3 treatments in dwarf hamsters, per 2. Adamcak A, Otten B. Rodent therapeutics. Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2000;3:221-237. | 122. Meredith A. BSAVA Small Animal Formulary: Part B: Exotic Pets, British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Quedgeley, Gloucester, UK; 2015. | 130. Morrisey JK, Carpenter JW. Formulary. In: Quesenberry KE, Carpenter JW, eds. Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery, 4th ed., Elsevier, St. Louis, MO; 2021:620-630. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.776 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 9.2 (Antiparasitic Agents Used in Rodents). Located 2026-08-05: the only table covering this species in which the drug's own row prints this dose. The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, Part B — Exotic Pets — ISBN 9781910443712, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781910443712; Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929; Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery — ISBN 9780323484350, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323484350. Verify against current literature before clinical use.
Monoamine oxidase inhibitor and alpha-2 adrenergic agonist that inhibits arthropod nerve function, causing paralysis and death in mites and ticks.
Do NOT use in cats, Chihuahuas, or debilitated animals. Alpha-2 agonist effects may cause sedation, bradycardia, hypothermia. Yohimbine or atipamezole can reverse toxicity.
Species references:All Dog (Domestic) drugsAll Dwarf Hamster drugsAll Gerbil drugsAll Pet Rat drugsAll Syrian Hamster drugs
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| Species | Route | Dose | Frequency | Evidence | Source |
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| Dog (Domestic) | Topical | 0.025–0.05 % solution | q5-7d | Weak | Papich, Saunders Handbook of Veterinary Drugs (Small and Large Animal) — "Amitraz", Small Animal Dosage/Dogs, printed p.33 (corpus PDF p.61). Corroborated by BSAVA Small Animal Formulary 10th ed., Part A — "Amitraz (Aludex) POM-V", DOSES, printed p.22 (corpus PDF p.38). — SOURCE EDITION: BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, Part A — Canine and Feline — ISBN 9781910443705, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781910443705; Saunders Handbook of Veterinary Drugs — ISBN 9780323244855, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323244855 — BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, 10th ed, Part A, Amitraz (Aludex), DOSES, printed p.22 (corpus PDF p.38): "Generalized demodicosis: 0.05% solution (1 ml Aludex in 100 ml water) q5-7 days until 2 negative […]" Corroborated: Papich MG, Saunders Handbook of Veterinary Drugs, 4th ed, printed p.33: "Doses that have been used include 0.025%, 0.05%, and 0.1% concentration applied once or twice per week." [FREQUENCY AND DURATION CORRECTED 2026-08-12, two readers — no held book pairs 0.05% with a 14-day interval, and the "1 month apart" stopping rule is printed for ivermectin, not amitraz.] |
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