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Flutamide is dosed at 5–10 mg/kg PO q12-24h in ferrets, per Shoemaker NJ, van Zeeland YR.A, Quesenberry KE, et al. Endocrine diseases of ferrets Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery, 4th ed., Elsevier, St. Louis, MO; 2021:77-91. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.949 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 11.8 (Endocrine and Reproductive Disease 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; Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery — ISBN 9780323484350, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323484350. 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 6e — corpus book 'carpenter' p.949 (ferret hormones/endocrine table); ref 112 resolved at carpenter refs p.983 = Shoemaker NJ, van Zeeland YR.A, Quesenberry KE — exactly the draft's citation. Corroborated in 'frr' p.59 ('ant. Class as printed in source: Nonsteroidal antiandrogen (androgen-receptor antagonist)
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