Overview Alfaxan® Multidose IDX is indicated for use as an injectable sedative and anesthetic in multiple non-food-producing minor species.*

  • For sedation and anesthesia in captive reptiles, excluding any food-producing species**
  • For sedation and anesthesia in captive amphibians, excluding any food-producing species**
  • For sedation and anesthesia in ornamental fish, including species used in research such as the zebra fish
  • For sedation and anesthesia in captive species and pet birds in the orders Psittaciformes, Passeriformes and Columbiformes, excluding any food-producing species**
  • For sedation and anesthesia in nonhuman primates
  • For sedation and anesthesia in captive rodents
  • For sedation and anesthesia in captive mustelids
  • For sedation and anesthesia in captive marsupials
  • For induction of anesthesia and immobilization in captive minor species ungulates, excluding any food-producing species**

*The term “minor species” means animals other than humans that are not major species. “Major species” means cattle, horses, swine, chickens, turkeys, dogs and cats.
**As used on this label, a “food-producing minor species” is considered to be a minor species of which some members are bred, cultured, farmed, ranched, hunted, caught, trapped or otherwise harvested for the purpose of having the animals or edible products of the animals commercially distributed for consumption by humans or food-producing animals in the United States.