Table 3.
Antimicrobial dosage, frequency, and duration of administration prescribed to treat dog-to-dog bite wounds in 1713 dogs, which presented for treatment between 1998 and 2018.
| Dosage (mg/kg) | Frequency (Dose per Day) | Duration (Days) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | Minimum | Maximum | Median | Minimum | Maximum | Median | Minimum | Maximum | |
| Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid parenteral | 9.1 | 2.8 | 43.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid oral | 14.1 | 1.2 | 48.1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 1st generation cephalosporin parenteral | 14.5 | 2.4 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1st generation cephalosporin oral | 18.7 | 3.5 | 36.3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 3rd generation cephalosporin parenteral | 8 | 0.1 | 11.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Fluoroquinolone parenteral | 5 | 0.1 | 23.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fluoroquinolone oral | 5.8 | 2.2 | 12.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| Metronidazole parenteral | 10 | 5 | 19.2 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Metronidazole oral | 16.35 | 6.9 | 34.9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| Penicillin narrow spectrum parenteral | 16.7 | 8.6 | 38.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Penicillin extended spectrum parenteral | 13.3 | 4.4 | 26.8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Penicillin extended spectrum oral | 11 | 5.3 | 24.5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| Sulphonamide parenteral | 12.9 | 11.4 | 14.4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sulphonamide oral | 13.6 | 2.4 | 29.8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| Tetracycline oral | 3.95 | 2.5 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 21 |
| Lincosamide oral | 6.1 | 2.3 | 13.4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 |