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Heparin is dosed at 5 mg/kg IV prn in guinea pigs, per Laird KL, Swindle MM, Flecknell PA. Handbook of Rodent and Rabbit Medicine, Pergamon, New York, NY; 1996. — 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. — SOURCE EDITION: 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 6th Ed p.800 (rodent agents table); Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook 10th ed, printed p.603 / PDF p.630, 'Heparin / Unfractionated Heparin (UFH)' monograph. Class as printed in source: Anticoagulant — unfractionated heparin (antithrombin-mediated inhibition of factor Xa and IIa)
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