Orally Administered Fish Medications Chemotherapeutics
| Chemotherapeutic | Dose | Indication | Remarks |
| Acetylsalicylic acid | 5 mg/kg OID | stress relief | none |
| Ampicillin | 10 mg/kg BID | bacterial infection | not advised. Ineffective |
| Ascorbic acid | 700 mg/kg of food | hypovitaminosis C | none |
| Asprin | 5 mg/kg OID | stress relief | none |
| Aureomycin | 10 mg/kg | bacterial infection | none |
| Chloramphenicol palmitate | 1
g/kg food OID
50-100 mg/kg fish |
bacterial
infection
bacterial infection |
not advised. Ineffective |
| Chlortetracycline | 10-20 mg/kg BID/OID | bacterial infection | many resistant bacteria |
| Cycloserine | 3 mg/100 gm of food | bacterial infection | possibly effective against Mycobacteria |
| Dichlorvos | 20 mg/kg ONCE | nematodes | none |
| Difloxacin | 5 mg/kg OID | bacterial infection | low resistence potential |
| Dimetridazole | 150 mg/100 g food OID, 5 days | Hexamita spp. | none |
| Erythromycin | 20 mg/kg | bacterial infection | not advised. Ineffective |
| Erythromycin thiocyanate | 100
mg/kg OID for 10 days
150 mg/kg OID for 14 days |
bacterial
infection bacterial infection |
not
advised. Ineffective
not advised. Ineffective |
| Erythromycin phosphate | 100 mg/kg OID for 10 days | bacterial
infection |
not advised. Ineffective |
| Fendendazole | 11 mg/kg OID twice | nematodes | none |
| Folic acid | 5 mg/kg OID | vitamin deficiency | none |
| Furazolidone
. |
25 mg/kg OID for 20 days | antimicrosporidial | inhibits spread of whirling disease, but does not cure. |
| Furoxone | 25 mg/kg OID for 20 days | antimicrosporidial | inhibits spread of whirling desease,but does not cure |
| Gentamicin | 0.75 mg/kg | bacterial infection | poorly absorbed in the gut. Some resistant strains. |
| Griseofulvin | 50 mg/kg OID | deep fungal infection | none |
| Hydrocortisone | 4 mg/kg BID | anti-inflammatory | none |
| Isoniazid | 2 mg/kg OID | Bradycardia, cardiac insufficiency | none |
| Kanamycin | 20
mg/kg OID 10 mg/kg QID |
bacterial
infection bacterial infection |
poorly absorbed in the gut. Some resistant strains |
| Kaopectate | 1 ml/kg QID | enteritis, gastritis | none |
| Levamisole | 10 mg/kg 3 doses 7 days apart | nematodes | none |
| Mebendazole | 20 mg/kg weekly for three treatments | nematodes | none |
| Metronidazole | 50
mg/kg OID for 5 days
1 g/100 g of food OID for 5 days |
flagellate
infection Hexamita spp. |
none none |
| Minocycline | 0.5 mg/kg OID | bacterial infection, mycobacteriosis | none |
| Naladixic
acid |
20 mg/kg OID | bacterial infection | none |
| Neomycin | 20 mg/kg QID | bacterial enteritis | poorly absorbed in the gut. Some resistant strains |
| Nitrofurazone |
50
mg/kg OID 75-100 mg/kg OID
5 to 15 days 20 mg/kg TID |
bacterial
enteritis microsporidial
infection Aeromonas sp., Edwardsiella sp, Yersinia sp. |
none controls but does not eliminate Plesitophora sp. in golden shiners. Stops fish reproduction. <1% bioavailable. generally more effective than Chlorotetracycline. Resistant strains common. Apparently not immunosupressive at these doses. |
| Penicillin G (NA) | 125 mg/kg OID for 21 days | bacterial kidney disease | none |
| Penicillin (K) | 40,000 units/kg QID | bacterial infection | none |
| Pepto-Bismol | 2 ml/kg OID | gastritis, enteritis | none |
| Piperazine | 110 mg/kg ONCE | nematodes | none |
| Praziquantel
HCL |
400
mg/100 g food OID for 7 days 500 mg/kg ONCE |
trematodes,
Diplostomum sanguinicola
cestodes |
none none |
| Quinacrine | 75 mg BID for 3 days | protozoan infection | repeat in 3 days |
| Riboflavin | 10 mg/kg OID | deficiency | none |
| Streptomycin | 25 mg/kg OID | broad spectrum antibacterial | poorly absorbed from gut. Some resistant strains |
| Sulfadiazine | 220 mg/kg Once, followed by 5 day at half initial dose s | protozoal infection, bacterial infection | none |
| Sulfamerazine | 42 mg/kg OID | prophylaxis for bacterial kidney disease | in feed |
| Tribrissen | 1 mg/kg OID for 14 days | Broad spectrum antibiotic | effective against Yersinia ruckeri, Escherichia, Streptococcus, Proteus, Salmonella, Pasteurella, and Shigella |
| Vitamin A | 500 U/kg OID for 14 days | hypovitaminosis | none |
| Vitamin B12 | 200 ug/day Q3D | hypovitaminosis, appetite stimulant | none |
| Vitamin D | 30 U/kg Q7D | hypovitaminosis | none |
| Vitamin E | 100 IU/kg Q3D | hypovitaminosis | none |