You are treating a cat for a confirmed anaerobic infection with metronidazole benzoate. This formulation was compounded by your local pharmacist and is known to be more palatable than metronidazole tablets. The bottle label says the concentration is 100 mg/ml of metronidazole benzoate. If you dose this 12 pound cat with 0.82ml of this formulation, what dose of metronidazole are you administering to this cat in mg/kg?

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You are treating a cat for a confirmed anaerobic infection with metronidazole benzoate. This formulation was compounded by your local pharmacist and is known to be more palatable than metronidazole tablets. The bottle label says the concentration is 100 mg/ml of metronidazole benzoate. If you dose this 12 pound cat with 0.82ml of this formulation, what dose of metronidazole are you administering to this cat in mg/kg?

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