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Adds the hourly maintenance requirement to the deficit spread over the chosen replacement period, the standard small animal fluid plan.
Animal fluid plan
Maintenance = weight x mL/kg/day (about 60 in dogs, 50 in cats); deficit = weight x 1000 x dehydration fraction; rate = maintenance/24 + deficit/replacement hours
Educational estimate only. Not a substitute for professional clinical judgement, and must not be used to make treatment or dosing decisions.
For very small or very large animals yes; 132 x weight^0.75 mL/day is often used instead of a flat mL/kg figure.
Vomiting, diarrhoea and polyuria are added on top of maintenance and deficit.