DOSE RATE OF QUINOLONES

TABLE 39: Dose Rates of Quinolones*

	Quinolone Species Dosage, Route, and Frequency Nalidixic acid Cats, dogs 3 mg/kg, PO, qid Norfloxacin Dogs 10-20 mg/kg, PO, bid Enrofloxacin Cats 5 mg/kg, PO, sid or divided bid   Dogs 5-20 mg/kg, PO, sid or divided bid     2.5 mg/kg, SC, once then PO   Beef cattle (not veal or dairy) 7.5-12.5 mg/kg, SC, once     2.5-5 mg/kg, SC, sid   Pigs 2.5-5 mg/kg, PO or IM, sid   Preruminant calves 2.5-5 mg/kg, PO or SC, sid Marbofloxacin Cats, Dogs 2.75-5.5 mg/kg, PO, sid Difloxacin Dogs 5-10 mg/kg, PO, sid Orbifloxacin Cats, dogs 2.5-7.5 mg/kg, PO, sid
	*Use of fluorinated quinolones in food-producing animals is extra-label in the USA.