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Lactated Ringer's solution is dosed at 15–40 ml/kg SC, IV, IO prn in eastern box turtles, per 198. Mader DR, Rudloff E. Emergency and critical care. In: Mader DR, ed. Reptile Medicine and Surgery. 2nd ed. St. Louis: Saunders/Elsevier; 2006:533-548. — Source: Mader's Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery, 3rd Ed, p.1418 PMID: 42448527 — SOURCE EDITION: Mader's Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery (Divers & Stahl) — ISBN 9780323482530, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323482530. 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.797 (rodent emergency/critical-care agents table). Class as printed in source: Isotonic balanced (buffered) crystalloid replacement fluid — Hartmann's solution; Na/K/Ca chloride with lactate as bicar
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