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Drug Type:
Beta-blocker
Oxprenolol
Overview
Oxprenolol is an antiarrhythmic drug (beta blocker) which has been proven to be effective against the development of artherosclerotic plaques in poultry.
Dosage
2 mg/kg, once a day.
References
Pees, Michael, and Maria-Elisabeth Krautwald-Junghanns.
Cardiovascular physiology and diseases of pet birds
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice 12.1
(2009)
de Wit, Martine, and Nico J. Schoemaker.
Clinical approach to avian cardiac disease
Seminars in Avian and Exotic Pet Medicine. Vol. 14. No. 1
(2005)
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