This study characterized and compared the pharmacokinetics of piperacillin after single 100 mg/kg i.m. injections in nine red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) and five great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) over 48 hr by a modified agar well diffusion microbial inhibition assay. The mean maximum plasma piperacillin concentrations were 204 µg/ml and 221 µg/ml for the hawks and owls, respectively, and times of maximum concentrations were 15 min and 30 min, respectively. The calculated mean terminal elimination half-lives were 77 min in the hawks and 118 min in the owls. Area-under-the-curve values were 218 ± 52 µg·hr/ml in the hawks and 444 ± 104 µg·hr/ml in the owls. On the basis of the most common minimal inhibitory concentration (90%) for various bacterial isolates from clinical samples of 8 µg/ml, analysis of the data suggests that the maximum dosing interval for piperacillin at 100 mg/kg in medium sized raptors should be 4–6 hr.
How to translate text using browser tools
1 March 2000
PHARMACOKINETICS OF PIPERACILLIN AFTER INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION IN RED-TAILED HAWKS (BUTEO JAMAICENSIS) AND GREAT HORNED OWLS (BUBO VIRGINIANUS)
P. K. Robbins,
Lisa A. Tell,
Martha L. Needham,
Arthur L. Craigmill
ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 31 • No. 1
March 2000
Vol. 31 • No. 1
March 2000
Bubo virginianus
Buteo jamaicensis
great horned owl
pharmacokinetics
piperacillin
red-tailed hawk