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Metamizole is dosed at 20–50 mg/kg PO, SC q6-12h in chinchillas, per Ewringmann A, Gloeckner B. Leitsymptome bei Meerschweinchen, Chinchilla und Degu, Enke, Stuttgart, Germany; 2012. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.792 — 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. 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.792 and p.791; Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook 10th Ed 'Dipyrone' monograph p.440-441 (index p.19, new-content list p.15). Class as printed in source: Pyrazolone non-opioid analgesic / antipyretic / spasmolytic (prodrug of 4-methylaminoantipyrine); classed as an NSAID by
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