Drug name

Category

Use

MOA

Dose

Method of administration

Side Effects

Withdrawal times

Precautions

Acepromazine 

Phenothiazine sedative/ tranquilizers

Tranquilisation during shipment

 

Sedation of nervous or aggressive animals

 

Premedication in general or local anesthesia

 

In dogs and cats used to alleviate itching as a result of skin irritation 

 

 Block postsynaptic dopamine receptors in the CNS, 

Inhibit release of and turnover rate of dopamine

Horses,cattle

IV: 0.25ml(5mg) per 100kg b.w

 

IM: 0.25 -0.50 ml (5-10mg) per 100 kg b.w.

 

Pig,sheep,goat

IV: 0.1ml (2mg) per 10kg b.w.

 

IM 0.1 to 0.2  ml (2-4mg) per 10kg b.w.

 

Dog,Cat

I.V: 0.2ml(4g) per 10kg b.w.

 

I.M: 0.2 to 0.5ml (4 to 10mg) per 10 kg b.w.

IM,IV

Hypotension,cardiac rate abnormalities, hypo or hyperthermia 

 

Penis protrusion in large animals (esp horses) 

Slaughter: 5 days

Milk delivery: 2 days

Inject IV slowly,do not inject into arteries