Which species have cited Flunixin Meglumine dosing data?

Flunixin Meglumine dosing in the ExoticRx formulary covers 34 species: African Grey Parrot, Ball Python, Bearded Dragon, Blue-tongue Skink, Budgerigar, Cat (Domestic), Cattle (Beef/Dairy), Chicken (Poultry), Chinchilla, Corn Snake, Crested Gecko, Degu, Dog (Domestic), Dwarf Hamster, Eastern Box Turtle, Ferret, Goat (Caprine), Great Horned Owl, Green-cheeked Conure, Harris Hawk, Horse (Equine), Leopard Gecko, Peregrine Falcon, Pet Rat, Rabbit (Domestic), Red-eared Slider, Red-tailed Hawk, Russian Tortoise, Sheep (Ovine), Sulcata Tortoise, Swine (Pig), Turkey, Umbrella Cockatoo, Veiled Chameleon.

Is Flunixin Meglumine a controlled substance?

Flunixin Meglumine is not federally scheduled in the US. Controlled-drug status differs by country — verify your local rules.

Flunixin Meglumine

US brand names:Banamine

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Flunixin Meglumine is dosed at 0.1–0.5 mg/kg IM q12-24h, max 3 days in ball pythons, per Lawton MP.C. Pain management after surgery. Proc North Am Vet Conf; 1999:782. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.253 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.6 (Analgesic (Including Antiinflammatory) Agents Used in Reptiles). 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, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929. Verify against current literature before clinical use.

Drug Class

Analgesic

Routes

POIVIM

Indications

Analgesia Analgesia/anti-inflammatory (NSAID)anti-inflammatoryanti-inflammatory (NSAID)Anti-inflammatory and analgesic Articular pain (arthritis model)chronic paincolicendotoxemiainflammationMusculoskeletal painNon-steroidal anti-inflammatoryNonsteroidal anti-inflammatoryNonsteroidal antiinflammatoryNSAID analgesia NSAID analgesia/anti-inflammatoryPainPododermatitis (bumblefoot)Post-surgical non-steroidal anti-inflammatoryPost-surgical nonsteroidal antiinflammatorypyrexiaSee sourceVisceral pain

Mechanism of Action

Potent non-selective COX inhibitor. Particularly effective as visceral analgesic.

Side effects & warnings

High GI ulceration risk especially with repeated dosing. Renal papillary necrosis reported. IM injection causes tissue necrosis in horses. Strictly limit duration of use.

Species with Flunixin Meglumine dosing data (38 dose rules)

African Grey Parrot Ball Python Bearded Dragon Blue-tongue Skink Budgerigar Cat (Domestic)Cattle (Beef/Dairy)Chicken (Poultry)Chinchilla Corn Snake Crested Gecko Degu Dog (Domestic)Dwarf Hamster

Evidence levels across 38 dose rules

Strong×3Weak×18Moderate×16Extrapolated×1

Each ExoticRx dose rule is graded by the strength of its primary evidence — see the editorial process.

Backed by 29 published sources

· 183. Lawton MPC. Pain management after surgery. Proc North Am Vet Conf. 1999;782. — Source: Mader's Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery, 3rd Ed, p.1414 — SOURCE EDITION: Mader's Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery (Divers & Stahl) — ISBN 9780323482530, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323482530
· 22. Baert K, Backer PD. Disposition of sodium salicylate, flunixin and meloxicam after intravenous administration in broiler chickens. J Vet Pharmacol Ther. 2002;25:449-453. — 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). 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, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929; Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery — ISBN 9781119511755, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781119511755

Sample dosing (2 of 38 cited rules)

A dog/cat sample is shown here. Cited dosing for all 34 species — reptiles, birds, pocket pets, livestock, and equine — is free on the per-species pages above. Pro adds the weight-based calculator for every species.

Species	Route	Dose	Frequency	Evidence	Source
Cat (Domestic)	SC	0.25 mg/kg	Single dose	Moderate	Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th ed (2023, held copy; the original seed cited the 9th, which was never consulted) — Plumb's 10th ed (held) printed p.541, Flunixin monograph spanning p.541-543; page located 2026-08-05 from the book's own running heads, verified to name the drug in its body text. — SOURCE EDITION: Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook — ISBN 9781394172207, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781394172207
Dog (Domestic)	IV, IM, or SQ	1.1 mg/kg	once (single dose)	Weak	Papich Saunders Handbook of Veterinary Drugs 4th ed., Flunixin Meglumine, Small Animal Dosage, printed p.338 (corpus p.366) — SOURCE EDITION: Saunders Handbook of Veterinary Drugs — ISBN 9780323244855, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323244855

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269. Lawton MP.C. Pain management after surgery. Proc North Am Vet Conf; 1999:782. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.253 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.6 (Analgesic (Including Antiinflammatory) Agents Used in Reptiles). 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, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· 396. Heard D. Anesthesia and analgesia. In: Altman RB, Clubb SL, Dorrestein GM, et al. Avian Medicine and Surgery; Saunders, Philadelphia, PA; 1997:807-827. — 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). 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, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929; Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia — ISBN 9780813811833, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780813811833

· 441. Stahl SJ. Reproductive disorders of the green iguana. Proc North Am Vet Conf; 1998:810-813. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.253 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.6 (Analgesic (Including Antiinflammatory) Agents Used in Reptiles). 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, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· 51. Flecknell PA. Analgesia and post-operative care. Laboratory Animal Anaesthesia; 2016:141-192. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.791 doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-800036-6.00004-1 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 9.4 (Analgesic 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. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· BANAMINE - Flunixin Meglumine Injection [US Product Label for Cattle and Horses]. Intervet Inc.; Distributed by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2017. https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=3e41ce52-9cc8-48a2-a1a5-2287934c10b3 — Verified against Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th Ed, p.570 (2026-08-01). — Plumb's 10th ed (held) printed p.543, Flunixin monograph spanning p.541-543; page located 2026-08-05 from the book's own running heads, and carries this exact dose under the matching species heading. — SOURCE EDITION: Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook — ISBN 9781394172207, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781394172207

· BANAMINE-S - Flunixin Meglumine Injection [US Product Label for Swine]. Intervet Inc.; 2017. https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=3e41ce52-9cc8-48a2-a1a5-2287934c10b3 — Verified against Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th Ed, p.570 (2026-08-01). — Plumb's 10th ed (held) printed p.543, Flunixin monograph spanning p.541-543; page located 2026-08-05 from the book's own running heads, and carries this exact dose under the matching species heading. — 21 CFR § 522.970 (Flunixin), conditions of use for Swine: 2.2-2.2 mg/kg. Related tolerances: 21 CFR § 556.286. Retrieved from the eCFR API, snapshot 2026-01-01. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-522.970 — SOURCE EDITION: Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook — ISBN 9781394172207, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781394172207

· Baert K, Backer PD. Disposition of sodium salicylate, flunixin and meloxicam after intravenous administration in broiler chickens. J Vet Pharmacol Ther. 2002;25:449-453. — 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). 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, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929; Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery — ISBN 9781119511755, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781119511755

· Brown SA, Antinoff N, Bauck L, Boyer TH, et al. Ferret drug dosages Exotic Formulary, 2nd ed., American Animal Hospital Association, Lakewood, CO; 1999:43-61. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.943 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 11.6 (Analgesic Agents Used in Ferrets). 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, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Carpenter JW, Klaphake E, Gibbons PM, et al. Reptile formulary. In: Divers SJ, Stahl SJ, eds. Mader's Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery, 3rd ed., Elsevier, St. Louis, MO; 2019:1191-1211. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.253 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.6 (Analgesic (Including Antiinflammatory) Agents Usedin Reptiles). 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: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929; Mader's Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery (Divers & Stahl) — ISBN 9780323482530, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323482530

· Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th ed, Table 5.6, Table 5.18 (the served figure is printed in each; all lie in the chapter covering this species); located 2026-08-06. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· FARAD Withdrawal Guidelines — dose corroborated 2026-08-05 in Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook 10th ed (held), Flunixin monograph, printed p.543. NOTE: FARAD publishes meat/milk WITHDRAWAL intervals for extralabel use; it is not the source of the dose itself, so the dose is cited to Plumb's and FARAD retained for the withdrawal guidance. — SOURCE EDITION: Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook — ISBN 9781394172207, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781394172207 — PRINTED DETAIL MISSING FROM THIS RULE (retrieved 2026-08-19): SHEEP, GOATS: Analgesic (extra-label): 1 - 2 mg/kg IV once daily (every 24 hours); oral paste has also been used at 1 - 4 mg/kg PO once daily23 — Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook 10th ed, printed p.543. Served 1–2 mg/kg IV q24h is that row verbatim; the flag's own quote was the CATTLE row five lines above it

· Flecknell PA. Analgesia and post-operative care. Laboratory Animal Anaesthesia; 2016:141-192. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.791 doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-800036-6.00004-1 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 9.4 (Analgesic 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. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Flecknell PA. Analgesia and post-operative care. Laboratory Animal Anaesthesia; 2016:141-192. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.791 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 9.4 (Analgesic 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. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· 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). 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, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929; Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery — ISBN 9781119511755, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781119511755

· Lawton MP.C. Pain management after surgery. Proc North Am Vet Conf; 1999:782. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.253 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.6 (Analgesic (Including Antiinflammatory) Agents Used in Reptiles). 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, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Lawton MPC. Pain management after surgery. Proc North Am Vet Conf; 1999:782. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.253 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.6 (Analgesic (Including Antiinflammatory) Agents Used in Reptiles). 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, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Musser JMB, Heatley JJ, Phalen DN. Pharmacokinetics after intravenous administration of flunixin meglumine in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) and Patagonian conures (Cyanoliseus patagonus). J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2013;242(2):205-208. doi:10.2460/javma.242.2.205 https://europepmc.org/article/MED/23276097

· Papich Saunders Handbook of Veterinary Drugs 4th ed., Flunixin Meglumine, Small Animal Dosage, printed p.338 (corpus p.366) — SOURCE EDITION: Saunders Handbook of Veterinary Drugs — ISBN 9780323244855, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323244855

· Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th ed (2023, held copy; the original seed cited the 9th, which was never consulted) — Plumb's 10th ed (held) printed p.541, Flunixin monograph spanning p.541-543; page located 2026-08-05 from the book's own running heads, verified to name the drug in its body text. — SOURCE EDITION: Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook — ISBN 9781394172207, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781394172207

· Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th ed (2023, held copy; the original seed cited the 9th, which was never consulted) — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.859 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 10.4 (Chemical Restraint/Sedative/Anesthetic/Analgesic Agents Used in Rabbits.a,b). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — Plumb's 10th ed (held) printed p.541, Flunixin monograph spanning p.541-543; page located 2026-08-05 from the book's own running heads, verified to name the drug in its body text. — SOURCE EDITION: Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook — ISBN 9781394172207, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781394172207; Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 10th ed (2023, held copy; the original seed cited the 9th, which was never consulted), printed p.543 (corpus page 570), Flunixin > Dosages > SWINE — 21 CFR § 522.970 (Flunixin), conditions of use for Swine: 2.2-2.2 mg/kg. Related tolerances: 21 CFR § 556.286. Retrieved from the eCFR API, snapshot 2026-01-01. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-522.970 — SOURCE EDITION: Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook — ISBN 9781394172207, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781394172207

· Ratliff CM, Zaffarano BA. Therapeutic use of regional limb perfusion in a chicken. J Avian Med Surg. 2017;31:29-32. — 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). 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, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929; Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery — ISBN 9781119511755, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781119511755

· Samour, Avian Medicine, 3rd Ed. (raptor formulary appendix), p.672. Row as printed binds this dose to raptors on its own line: "Flunixin Finadyne (Schering- Raptors IM 1-10 mg/kg sid for 1-5 d Potent nonsteroidal non-narcotic analgesic agent with". Located by line-level extraction and then read on the page; the species binding is the row's own species column, not text proximity. | NSAID SAFETY, PRIMARY LITERATURE RETRIEVED 2026-08-20: Fourie T, Cromarty D, Duncan N, Wolter K, Naidoo V. "The Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Carprofen, Flunixin and Phenylbutazone in the Cape Vulture (Gyps […]" PLoS One 2015;10(10):e0141419. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141419. PMID 26512724 — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26512724/ . Abstract read in full. Scope: Gyps vultures, single oral dose, n=2 per arm — a small study in a different genus from the species this rule serves.

· Stahl SJ. Reproductive disorders of the green iguana. Proc North Am Vet Conf; 1998:810-813. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.253 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 4.6 (Analgesic (Including Antiinflammatory) Agents Used in Reptiles). 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, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· US FDA. BANAMINE Paste (flunixin meglumine), NADA 137-409, Merck Animal Health. https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=26d5eb1e-e9f3-4c3f-abb2-fe432cf09353 - horses only; 0.5 mg/lb (1.1 mg/kg) PO ONCE DAILY, not to exceed 5 consecutive days.

· US FDA. Banamine (flunixin meglumine injection) 50 mg/mL, NADA 101-479, Merck Sharp & Dohme. https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=2e531abd-b3ec-4819-81a3-f51e6867658c - horses and beef/dairy cattle; horses 0.5 mg/lb (1.1 mg/kg) IV or IM once daily, up to 5 days.