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Ephedrine is dosed at 1 mg/kg PO, IV prn in guinea pigs, per Laird KL, Swindle MM, Flecknell PA. Handbook of Rodent and Rabbit Medicine, Pergamon, New York, NY; 1996. / 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.800 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 9.7 (Miscellaneous Agents Used in Rodents). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — VOLUME CORRECTED 2026-08-07: this citation named BSAVA Part B (Exotic Pets), which does not contain Ephedrine. BSAVA ships as two separate volumes and the drug is in BSAVA Part A (Canine & Feline); the reference is to that volume. Verified by searching the held copy of each. — SOURCE EDITION: BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, Part B — Exotic Pets — ISBN 9781910443712, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781910443712; BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, Part A — Canine and Feline — ISBN 9781910443705, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781910443705; Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/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.800 (and p.796); Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th ed, p.484 (Ephedrine monograph). Class as printed in source: Sympathomimetic alkaloid — mixed-acting (direct + indirect) adrenergic agonist; vasopressor/bronchodilator
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