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Aspirin is dosed at 5–20 mg/kg PO q24h in rabbits, per Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th ed (2023) — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.854 — Plumb's 10th ed printed p.102, Aspirin monograph spanning p.100-102. — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 10.4 (Chemical Restraint/Sedative/Anesthetic/Analgesic Agents Used in Rabbits.a,b). Verify against current literature before clinical use.
Irreversibly acetylates cyclooxygenase (COX-1 and COX-2), inhibiting prostaglandin and thromboxane synthesis.
Side effects & warnings
TOXIC to cats (prolonged half-life, deficient glucuronidation). Use buffered only. GI ulceration. Avoid with other NSAIDs or corticosteroids. Platelet inhibition irreversible.
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Sample dosing (2 of 12 cited rules)
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Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th ed (2023) — Plumb's 10th ed printed p.100, Aspirin monograph spanning p.100-102.Compilation only — we have not located an independent source that prints this figure.
BSAVA Small Animal Formulary 10th ed., Part A: Canine and Feline (Allerton F, ed.), Aspirin monograph, printed p.33Compilation only — we have not located an independent source that prints this figure.
· 122. Meredith A. BSAVA Small Animal Formulary: Part B: Exotic Pets, British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Quedgeley, Gloucester, UK; 2015. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.789
· 255. Edling TM. Anaesthesia and analgesia. In: Chitty J, Harcourt-Brown N, eds. BSAVA Manual of Psittacine Birds; British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Gloucester, UK; 2005:87-96. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.458 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 5.6 (Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Agents Used in Birds).
· 73. Beaufrère H, Nevarez J, Gaschen L, et al. Diagnosis of presumed acute ischemic stroke and associated seizure management in a Congo African grey parrot. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2011;239(1):122-128. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.489 doi:10.2460/javma.239.1.122 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 5.18 (Miscellaneous Agents Used in Birds).
· BSAVA Small Animal Formulary 10th ed., Part A: Canine and Feline (Allerton F, ed.), Aspirin monograph, printed p.33
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· Hocking PM, Robertson GW, Gentle MJ. Effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on pain-related behaviour in a model of articular pain in the domestic fowl. Res Vet Sci. 2005;78:69-75. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.647 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 6.5 (Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Agents Used in Backyard Poultry, Gamebirds, and). — SOURCE ROW: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed — "Aspirin 100-200 mg/kg IM(101) — Chickens/partially reduced arthritic behaviors after 1 hr". The cited study is an ARTICULAR PAIN MODEL in domestic fowl, and the printed outcome is a partial behavioural response measured at one hour, not an established therapeutic regimen or interval.
· Meredith A. BSAVA Small Animal Formulary: Part B: Exotic Pets, British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Quedgeley, Gloucester, UK; 2015. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.789
· Meredith A. BSAVA Small Animal Formulary: Part B: Exotic Pets, British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Quedgeley, Gloucester, UK; 2015. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.789 — Carpenter 6th ed, Table 9.4 (Analgesic Agents Used in Rodents), row "Acetylsalicylic acid 50-150 mg/kg PO q4-8h122 | All". The cited primary itself carries the figure - BSAVA Small Animal Formulary Part B printed p.25 prints "Rodents: 50-150 mg/kg p.o. q4-8h".
· Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th ed (2023) — Plumb's 10th ed printed p.100, Aspirin monograph spanning p.100-102.
· Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th ed (2023) — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.854 — Plumb's 10th ed printed p.102, Aspirin monograph spanning p.100-102. — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 10.4 (Chemical Restraint/Sedative/Anesthetic/Analgesic Agents Used in Rabbits.a,b).
· Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, Aspirin monograph, printed p.102, under the monograph's own FERRETS heading, verbatim: "FERRETS: Analgesic: 10 - 20 mg/kg PO once daily" (reference marker 33). Located by structured extraction, then RE-READ on the page by hand before proposal; the species binding is the book's own section heading, not text proximity.
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