References and Formularies

⁽¹⁾ Carpenter, J., Mashima, T., & Rupiper, D. (2001). Exotic Animal Formulary (2nd Edition). St. Louis: Saunders.
⁽²⁾ Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery. (1997). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company.
⁽³⁾ Ducommun, D. (2000). Rat Health Care, 6th Edition. Rat Fan Club.
⁽³⁾ Ducommun, D. (2001). Rat Health Care, 7th Edition. Rat Fan Club.
⁽⁴⁾ Isaksen, M., & Mabley, D. (n.d.). Drug Usage Chart for Rats. Retrieved March 12, 2008, from https://www.rmca.org/Articles/dchart.htm.
⁽⁵⁾ Donnelly, T. (2002, March 22). Rats, Rabbits and Rodents. TimeOut Seminar , Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Brisbane, QLD. Rat Guide consultant.
⁽⁶⁾ Plumb, D. (1999). Veterinary Drug Handbook (Third Edition). Ames: Iowa State University Press.
⁽⁷⁾ Cooper, J. (1985). Manual of Exotic Pets, Revised Edition. Ames: Iowa State University Press.
⁽⁸⁾ Johnson-Delaney, C. (1996). Exotic Companion Medicine Handbook for Veterinarians (2 Vol. Set). Lake Worth, FL: Zoological Education Network.
⁽⁹⁾ Flecknell, P., Swindle, M., & Laber-Laird, K. (1996). Handbook of Rabbit and Rodent Medicine (Pergamon Veterinary Handbook Series). Great Britain: Pergamon Pr.
⁽¹⁰⁾ Flecknell, P., & Waynforth, H. (1992). Experimental and Surgical Techniques in the Rat, Second Edition. Toronto: Academic Press.
⁽¹¹⁾ Plunkett, S. (2000). Emergency Procedures for the Small Animal Veterinarian. Philadelphia: Saunders Ltd.
⁽¹²⁾ Empirical, based on use and recommendation of more than one veterinarian trained in the care of rats and other rodents.
⁽¹³⁾ Goel, V., Chang, C., Slama, J., Barton, R., Bauer, R., Gahler, R., Basu, T. (2002). Echinacea stimulates macrophage function in the lung and spleen of normal rats. J Nutr Biochem, 13(8), 487. Retrieved March 12, 2008.
⁽¹⁴⁾ Ruud M., (n.d.). For meds and doses safely used in pregnant does and rats under 4 months. Retrieved March 12, 2008, from http://rathelp.org/raisinrats/medicalinfo.html.
⁽¹⁵⁾ Katzung, B. (2001). Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 8th Edition. USA: McGraw-Hill Medical.
⁽¹⁶⁾ Greg Rich, DVM. Personal Email. West Esplanade Veterinary Hospital.
⁽¹⁷⁾ Larissa Ladyko B.V.Sc. Personal Email. Indooroopilly Veterinary Clinic, Australia.
⁽¹⁸⁾ Michael Hutchinson, DVM. Personal Communication. Animal General, Cranberry Township, PA. Rat Guide consultant.
⁽¹⁹⁾ Hawk, C., & Leary, S. (1999). Formulary for Laboratory Animals, Second Edition. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
⁽²⁰⁾ Borchard, R., Barnes, C., & Eltherington, L. (1990). Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals : A Handbook. Third Edition. Caldwell, NJ: Telford Press.
⁽²¹⁾ Vanessa Pisano, DVM. Personal Email Communication and Rat Guide consultant. VC North Springs Animal Hospital, FL.
⁽²²⁾ Golder, F. (n.d.). Rat Analgesics. Retrieved March 12, 2008, from campusvet.wsu.edu/infofac/ratanalgesicsuse.htm.
⁽²³⁾ C.A.B.H (Central Animal Breeding House University of Queensland). Pinjarra Hills; University of Queensland Physiology and Pharmacology Animal House; Griffith University Animal House ; Queensland Health Scientific and Pathology Services George Street Brisbane.
⁽²⁴⁾ Steve Diehl, DVM
⁽²⁵⁾ Paul Palmatier, DVM, Heritage Veterinary Hospital, Santa Rosa.
⁽²⁶⁾ Carpenter, J. (2005). Exotic animal formulary (Third Edition). St. Louis: Saunders.
⁽²⁷⁾ Plumb, D. C. (2008). Plumb’s veterinary drug handbook (6th ed.). Stockholm, Wis.: PharmaVet ;.
⁽²⁸⁾ Harkness, J., & Wagner, J. (1995). Biology and medicine of rabbits and rodents Fourth Edition. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins.
⁽²⁹⁾ Keeble, E. J., & Meredith, A. (2009). BSAVA manual of rodents and ferrets. Quedgeley: British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
⁽³⁰⁾ Anthony Pilny, DVM, DABVP-Avian Certified. Avian & Exotic Pet Medicine and Surgery. Veterinary Internal Medicine and Allergy Specialists. NYC, NY. Rat Guide consultant.
⁽³¹⁾ Sharp, P., & La Regina, M., &amp Suckow, M. (1998). The Laboratory rat. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
⁽³²⁾ Ramsey, I. K. (2008). BSAVA small animal formulary (6th ed.). Quedgeley: British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
⁽³³⁾ Nathalie Baldwin, DVM. Columbus, OH. Rat Guide consultant.
⁽³⁴⁾ Carpenter, J. W. (2012). Exotic Animal Formulary (4th ed.). Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders.
⁽³⁵⁾ Quesenberry, K., & Carpenter, J. (2012). Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents, Clinical Medicine and Surgery (Third Edition ed.). St. Louis: Saunders.
⁽³⁶⁾ Thomas M. Donnelly, DVM, DACLAM. Personal Email, Warren Institute |712 Kitchawan Rd, Ossining NY 10562-1118 USA.
⁽³⁷⁾ Oglesbee, B. L. (2011). Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Small Mammal (2nd ed. pp.642). Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.
⁽³⁸⁾ Mayer, J. & Donnelly, TM. (2013). Clinical Veterinary Advisor: Birds and Exotic Pets. St. Louis: Saunders
⁽³⁹⁾ Adele Wharton, BVSc, MRCVS, CertGP (F&L), Locum Veterinary Surgeon. Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.
⁽⁴⁰⁾ Jepson, L. (2009). Exotic Animal Medicine: A Quick Reference Guide. Edinburgh, London, New York, Oxford, Philadelphia, St Louis, Sydney, Toronto: Saunders Elsevier
⁽⁴¹⁾ Carpenter, James W. (2018). Exotic Animal Formulary (5th ed.). St. Louis, Mo.: Elsevier.
⁽⁴²⁾ Hedley, Joanna. (2020). BSAVA Small Animal Formulary (10th ed.). Part B: Exotic Pets. Quedgeley: British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
⁽⁴³⁾ Sinclair, K. M. (2021). Rats and mice. Exotic Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, 330–348. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119149262.ch18
⁽⁴⁴⁾ Carpenter J. W. & Harms C. A. (2023). Carpenter’s exotic animal formulary (Sixth). Elsevier.

Handbooks and Manuals

• 2002 Physicians’ Desk Reference, 56th Edition. (2002). Montvale: Medical Economics / Thomson Healthcare.
• Bergersen, B. (1979). Pharmacology in Nursing, Fourteenth Edition. St Louis, Missouri: Mosby.
• Fetrow, C. W., & Avila, J. R. (2004). Professional’s handbook of complementary & alternative medicines (3rd ed.). Springhouse, Pennsylvania: Springhouse Corporation.
• Fish, R., Brown, M., Danneman, P. J., & Karas, A. (Eds.). (2008). Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals (2nd ed.). Academic Press. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-373898-1.X5001-3
• Giguère, S., Prescott, J., & Dowling, P. (2013). Antimicrobial therapy in veterinary medicine (5th ed.). Ames, Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Gilbert, D. N., Moellering, R. C., & Sande, M. A. (2002). The Sanford guide to antimicrobial therapy, 2002 (32nd ed.). Hyde Park, VT: Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc.
• Katzung, B. G. (2001). Basic and clinical pharmacology (8th ed.). New York: Appleton & Lange.
• Merck Veterinary Manual. (1998). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
• Merck Veterinary Manual. (2016). 11th ed. Kenilworth, New Jersey: Merck & Co.
• Mycek, M., Harvey, R., Champe, P., & Fisher, B. (2000). Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology Second Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
• Nursing 2000 Drug Handbook. (1999). Springhouse, PA: Springhouse, PA: Springhouse Corp.
• Nursing 2007 Drug Handbook. (2006). 27th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
• Nursing 2016 drug handbook. (2016). 36th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
• Nursing 2021 Drug Handbook. (2020). 41st ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
• Papich, M. G. (2016). Chloramphenicol. In Saunders Handbook of Veterinary Drugs: Small and Large Animals (4th ed., pp. 148-150). Elsevier. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-24485-5.00153-4
• Physicians Drug Handbook. (2003). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & amp; Wilkins.
• Spratto, G., & Woods, A. (2001). PDR Nurse’s Drug Handbook 2002. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers.

Monographs and Publications

Praziquantel
• EMEA. Praziquantel: Summary Report (1)–Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products. (1996). Available online at: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/mrl-report/praziquantel-summary -report-1-committee-veterinary-medicinal-products_en.pdf (accessed August 7, 2020).

Echinacea

• Goel, V., Chang, C., Slama, J., Barton, R., Bauer, R., Gahler, R., Basu, T. (2002). Echinacea stimulates macrophage function in the lung and spleen of normal rats. J Nutr Biochem, 13(8), 487. Retrieved March 12, 2008.
• Skelly, F. (1997, May 1). Herbal Help for Rat Respiratory Problems. Retrieved March 12, 2008, from https://www.rmca.org/Articles/herbal.htm.

Goldenseal

• Goldenseal. (n.d.). Retrieved March 12, 2008, from www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/herbhunters/goldenseal.html.
• Goldenseal. (n.d.). Retrieved March 12, 2008, from www.kcweb.com/herb/goldenseal.htm.

Coenzyme

• Coenzyme Q10. (n.d.). Retrieved March 12, 2008, from https://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/cam/coenzymeQ10.

Antimicrobial

• Boothe, D. (n.d.). Which Antimicrobial Should I Use? Optimizing Antibacterial Therapy for Small Animals Using the Professional Flexible Label. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20081024070049/https://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/index.pl/antimicrobial — Archived page from 2008-10-24 (via the Wayyback Machine)

Phenobarbital

• Haugvicova, R., Bilkova, E., Kubova, H., Mares, P., (2002). Effects of classical antiepileptics on thresholds for phenomena induced by cortical stimulation in rats. Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, 54(7), 1011-5. Retrieved March 12, 2008.
• Mikati, M. A., Holmes, G. L., Chronopoulos, A., Hyde, P., Thurber, S., Gatt, A., Liu, Z., Werner, S., Stafstrom, C. E. (1994). Phenobarbital modifies seizure-related brain injury in the developing brain. Annals of Neurology, 36(3), 425-33. Retrieved March 12, 2008.
• Montanez, S., Kline, A. E., Gasser, T. A., Hernandez, T. D. (2000). Phenobarbital administration directed against kindled seizures delays functional recovery following brain insult. Brain Research, 860(1-2), 29-40. Retrieved March 12, 2008.
• Prasad, A., Williamson, J. M., Bertram, E. H. (2002). Phenobarbital and MK-801, but not phenytoin, improve the long-term outcome of status epilepticus. Annals of Neurology, 51(2), 175-81. Retrieved March 12, 2008.