Is Carnidazole a controlled substance?

Carnidazole is not federally scheduled in the US. Controlled-drug status differs by country — verify your local rules.

Carnidazole

US brand names:Spartrix

Sourced from published veterinary references. Awaiting credentialed clinical reviewer — our editorial process.

Carnidazole is dosed at 20–30 mg/kg PO q24h x 1-2 days in african grey parrots, per Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th ed, Table 5.4 (corpus PDF pp.430-433); located 2026-08-06 by chapter-governed table: this table is in the chapter covering this species and names this drug. NOTE: the served figure was matched against the table as a whole, not against this drug's own row, so confirm the number on the page before relying on it. The held copy has no printed page numbers, so the numbered table is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929. Verify against current literature before clinical use.

Drug Class

Antiparasitic

Routes

Indications

GiardiahexamitiasisTreatmentTrichomonasTrichomoniasisTrichomoniasis (canker)

Mechanism of Action

Nitroimidazole antiprotozoal prodrug. Single-dose treatment for trichomoniasis and other protozoal infections in birds.

Side effects & warnings

Single-dose treatment for avian trichomoniasis. Commonly used in pigeons and raptors. Less toxic than metronidazole in birds. Not available in all countries.

Species with Carnidazole dosing data (9 dose rules)

African Grey Parrot Cockatiel Domestic Pigeon Great Horned Owl Harris Hawk Peregrine Falcon Red-tailed Hawk Zebra Finch

Species references:All African Grey Parrot drugs All Cockatiel drugs All Domestic Pigeon drugs All Great Horned Owl drugs All Harris Hawk drugs All Peregrine Falcon drugs All Red-tailed Hawk drugs

Evidence levels across 9 dose rules

Moderate×7Weak×2

Each ExoticRx dose rule is graded by the strength of its primary evidence — see the editorial process.

Backed by 6 published sources

· 22. Anderson NL, Johnson CK, Fender S, et al. Clinical signs and histopathologic findings associated with a newly recognized protozoal disease (Trichomonas gallinae) in free-ranging house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus). J Zoo Wildl Med. 2010;41:249-254. | 873. Smith JA. Passeriformes (songbirds, perching birds). In: Miller RE, Fowler ME, eds. Fowler’s Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 2015;Vol 8, Elsevier, St. Louis, MO, 236-246. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.431 doi:10.1638/2009-0188r.1 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 5.4 (Antiparasitic Agents Used in Birds). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929; Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine: Current Therapy — ISBN 9780323828529, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323828529

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391. Hawkins MG, Barron H, Speer BL, et al. Birds. In: Carpenter JW, eds. Exotic Animal Formulary, 4th ed., Elsevier Saunders, St. Louis, MO; 2013:183-437. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.431 — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929; Current Therapy in Avian Medicine and Surgery — ISBN 9781455746712, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781455746712

· 43. Bailey TA, Apo MM. Pharmaceutics commonly used in avian medicine. In: Samour J, eds. Avian Medicine, 3rd ed., Mosby Elsevier, Edinburgh, Scotland; 2016:637-678. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.431 doi:10.1016/b978-0-7234-3832-8.00023-7 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 5.4 (Antiparasitic Agents Used in Birds). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929; Avian Medicine (Samour) — ISBN 9780723438328, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780723438328

· 768. Ritchie BW, Harrison GJ. Formulary. In: Ritchie BW, Harrison GJ, Harrison LR, Abridged, eds. Avian Medicine: Principles and Application; Wingers Publishing, Lake Worth, FL; 1997:227-253. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.431 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 5.4 (Antiparasitic Agents Used in Birds). The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table — not the page — is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th ed, Table 5.4 (corpus PDF pp.430-433); located 2026-08-06 by chapter-governed table: this table is in the chapter covering this species and names this drug. NOTE: the served figure was matched against the table as a whole, not against this drug's own row, so confirm the number on the page before relying on it. The held copy has no printed page numbers, so the numbered table is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929

· Samour, Avian Medicine, 3rd Ed. (raptor formulary appendix), p.662. Row as printed binds this dose to raptors on its own line: "Carnidazole Spartrix 10-mg Raptors PO 20-25 mg/kg once Treatment for trichomoniasis, hexamitiasis,". Located by line-level extraction and then read on the page; the species binding is the row's own species column, not text proximity.