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Cefoxitin is dosed at 50–100 mg/kg IM, IV q6-12h in african grey parrots, per Hawkins MG, Barron H, Speer BL, et al. Birds. In: Carpenter JW, ed. Exotic Animal Formulary, 4th ed., Elsevier Saunders, St. Louis, MO, 2013:183-437. - Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 5.1 (Antimicrobial Agents Used in Birds), psittacine cefoxitin row: '50-100 mg/kg IM, IV q6-12h391 | Psittacines'. The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table - not the page - is the citable location. SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary - ISBN 9780323833929.. Verify against current literature before clinical use.
Added 2026-08-04 by the book-verification programme. Drug identity independently confirmed as distinct from every existing formulary entry. Source opened: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.408; corroborated in Plumb's 10th Ed (full 'Cefoxitin' monograph, 12 refs) and Papich 4th Ed p.157 and p.12 (trade name Mefoxin). Class as printed in source: Beta-lactam antibacterial — second-generation cephalosporin, cephamycin subclass (notable anaerobic activity)
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