Doses - CHARCOAL, ACTIVATED
Dogs & Cats: 
a) 1 gram/5 ml of water; give 10 ml of slurry per kg PO. (Morgan 1988) b) For acute poisoning: 2 - 8 g/kg PO once or every 6-8h for 3-5 doses. To enhance excretion of slowly excreted poisons: 0.5 g/kg PO q3h for about 72 hours. (Mount 1989)
c) 1 - 4 g/kg in 50 - 200 ml of water. Concurrent with or within 30 minutes of givingcharcoal, give an osmotic cathartic. Repeated doses of activated charcoal may also binddrugs that are enterohepatically recycled. (Beasley and Dorman 1990)
d) Administer in a bathtub or other easily cleanable area. Give activated charcoal at 1 - 5g/kg PO (via stomach tube using either a funnel or large syringe) diluted in water at aconcentration of 1 g charcoal/5-10 ml of water. Follow in 30 minutes with sodiumsulfate oral cathartic. (Bailey 1989)
Ruminants:
a) 1 - 3 grams/kg PO (1 gram of charcoal in 3-5 ml of water) via stomach tube; give salinecathartic concurrently. May repeat in 8-12 hours. (Bailey 1986b)Horses: 
a) Foals: 250 grams (minimum). Adult horses: up to 750 grams. Make a slurry by mixingwith up to 4 L (depending on animal's size) of warm water and administer via stomachtube. Leave in stomach for 20-30 minutes and then give a laxative to hasten removal oftoxicants. (Oehme 1987b) Monitoring Parameters - Monitoring for efficacy of charcoal is usually dependent upon thetoxin/drug that it is being used for and could include the drug/toxin's serum level, clinical signs, etc.
Client Information - This agent should usually be used with professional supervision, dependingon the potential severity of the toxin/overdose. Charcoal can be very staining to fabrics.
Dosage Forms/Preparations/FDA Approval Status/Withholding Times - Veterinary-Approved Products:
Activated charcoal 47.5%, Kaolin 10% granules (free flowing and wettable) in 1 lb bottles, and 5kg pails
Toxiban® Granules (Vet-A-Mix); (OTC) Indicated for use in both large and small animals.
Activated charcoal 10.4%, Kaolin 6.25% suspension in 240 ml bottles
Toxiban® Suspension (Vet-A-Mix); (OTC) Indicated for use in both large and small animals.
Activated Charcoal Aqueous Suspension 50 g in unit dose tube Liqui-Char-Vet Aqueous
Suspension® (Daniels); (OTC)
Human-Approved Products:
Activated Charcoal Powder in 15, 30, 40 , 120 , 240 g & UD 30 g (Activated charcoal is alsoavailable in bulk powder form); Generic, (OTC)Activated Charcoal Suspension; 25 g in 120 ml bottles, and 50 g in 240 ml bottles; Actidose-Aqua® (Paddock) ; (OTC)
Activated Charcoal Suspension with sorbitol; 15 g in 120 ml bottles 25 g in 120 ml bottles, 30 g in 150 ml bottles, and 50 g in 240 ml bottles; Actidose with Sorbitol® (Paddock), CharcoAid® (Requa); (OTC)
Activated Charcoal Liquid 15 g & 50g with & without sorbitol in 120 ml and 240 ml bottles, 12.5 g in propylene glycol 60 ml bottles, and 25 g in propylene glycol 120 ml bottles;
CharcoAid 2000 ® (Requa) (OTC) Generic; (OTC)
Activated Charcoal Liquid; 12.5 g in 60 ml bottles, 15 g in 75 ml bottles, 25 g in 120 ml bottles, 30 g in 120 ml bottles, & 50 g in 240 ml bottles; Liqui-Char® (Jones Medical); (OTC)
Activated Charcoal Granules 15 g in 120 ml bottles; CharcoAid 2000® (Requa) (OTC)