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The rationale of antibiotic therapy in reptiles, the significance of reptilian bacterial isolates and their antibiotic sensitivity are discussed. Individual antibiotic studies in snakes and terrapins are reviewed and the extrapolation of dose rates from endotherms (mammals) to ectotherms (reptiles) is shown to be unreliable.
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