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The beginnings of practical insect pathology can be traced into antiquity to work with beneficial insects. As a disci- pline, however, it is a fairly young branch of science. There are several accounts of published research in insect pathology in the early literature dating from Bassi's incrimination of Beauveria bassiana as a pathogen of the silkworm in 1835, but the field came into its own in the 1940s and 1950s with the development of formal course work in insect pathology and the publication of Principles of Insect Pathology (Steinhaus, 1949). Over the past two decades, interest in the use of alternative insecticides due to environmental. | BSAVA Small Animal Formulary 7th edition Editor-in-Chief 1 BSAVA Ion Domcnxi B ISHsmallZnimal lai I nai lisey VETERINARY ASSOCIATION Emergency doses for dogs and cats yt ALWAYS read the relevant monographs. Cardiac emergencies Asystole or pulseless electrical activity Adrenaline 20 pg micrograms kg . - this is equivalent to 1 ml 5 kg using 1 10 000 concentration 1000 mg ml . Double dose if used intratracheally. Hyperkalaemic myocardial toxicity Calcium 50-150 mg kg calcium boro gluconate ml kg of a 10 solution . over 20-30 min or Soluble insulin lU kg . followed by 2-3 g of dextrose unit of insulin for urinary tract obstruction but not hypoadrenocorticism . Half the dextrose should be given as a bolus and the remainder administered . over 4-6h. Other bradyarrhythmias Atropine mg kg . - this is equivalent to ml 20 kg using mg ml solution. Ventricular tachycardia Lidocaine Dogs 2-8 mg kg . in 2 mg kg boluses followed by a constant rate . infusion of mg kg min. Cats mg kg . slowly in mg kg boluses followed by a constant rate . infusion of mg kg min. Pulmonary emergencies Respiratory arrest Doxapram 5-10 mg kg . repeat according to need duration of effect is approximately 15-20 min. Neonates 1-2 drops under the tongue oral solution or ml . into the umbilical vein this should be used only once. Metabolic emergencies Anaphylaxis Adrenaline 10 pg kg . - this is equivalent to 1 ml 10 kg using 1 10 000 concentration 1000 mg ml . Hypocalcaemia Calcium 50-150 mg kg calcium boro gluconate ml kg of a 10 solution . over 20-30 min. Hypoglycaemia Glucose 1-5 ml 50 dextrose . slowly over 10 min. Neurological emergencies Seizure control Diazepam mg kg . or rectal - repeat after 3 minutes for up to 3 doses or Midazolam mg kg . or rectal - repeat after 3 minutes for up to 3 doses. If the seizures have been controlled maintain on an . infusion of