Antibiotic Chart
Antibiotic |
Dose
(By Weight Of Dog) |
Used
In Ifections Of: |
Adverse
Reactions |
Amiglycoside
Neomycin |
10 mg/lb
q 6 hr, Orally, Topically 3 to 4 times daily |
Diarrhea
(orally), Eye*, Ear, Skin (topically) |
Kidney
damage, Allergy |
Ampicillin |
5-10
mg/lb q 6 hr, Orally |
Same
as penicillin, Genitourinary tract, Respiratory tract |
Allergy |
Cephalosporin |
Depends
on the drug |
Urinary
tract, Resiratory tract |
Kidney
damage |
Erythromycin |
5 mg/lb
q 8 hr, Orally |
Penicillin
substitute when dog is allergic to penicillin |
Rare |
Furacin |
Apply
2 or 3 times daily, Topical |
Burns,
Puppy vaginitis |
N/A |
Gentamicin |
1 mg/lb
q 8 hr, IM or SC |
Skin,
Repiratory tract, Urinary tract, Eye*, Ear |
Kidney
damage, Deafness |
Griseofulvin |
25 mg/lb
daily with fat for 4 to 6 weeks |
Ringworm |
Don't
use in pregnancy |
Kanamycin |
3 mg/lb
q 6 hr, IM or SC |
Puppy
septicemia |
Kidney
damage, Deafness, Brain injury in newborns |
Lincomycin |
7 mg/lb
8 hr, Orally, 5mg/lb q 12 hr, IM |
Skin,
Wounds, Penicillin substitute |
Diarrhea |
Nystatin |
100,000
u/lb q 6 hr, Orally |
Thrush |
N/A |
Panolog |
Topically
2 or 3 times daily. Drops and cream |
Ear,
Skin |
N/A |
Penicillin |
10,000
u/lb q 12 or 24 hr, IM |
Skin,
Mouth, Tonsils, Uterus, Wounds |
Allergy |
Streptomycin |
5 mg/lb
q 8 hr, IM |
Navel
infection, Leptospirosis |
Deafness |
Sulfa
Drugs |
Depends
on drug |
Urinary
tract, Gastrointestinal tract, Eye* |
Forms
crystals in urine, Anemia, Allergy |
Tetracycline |
10 mg/lb
q 8 hr, Orally, 3.5 mg/lb q 12 hr, IM |
Leptospirosis,
Brucellosis, Respiratory tract, Kennel cough, Skin |
Stained
teeth (unborn puppies), Retarded bone growth (puppies) |
Tylosin |
5 mg/lb
q 8 hr, Orally, 2.5 mg/lb 12 hr, IM |
Same
as Erythromycin |
Same
as for Erythromycin |