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US brand names:Ipropran
Ipronidazole is dosed at 250 mg/L drinking water PO (drinking water) in drinking water x3-7 days in domestic pigeons, per 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.435. Verify against current literature before clinical use.
Not available in the United States (Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed p.435). Prohibited for extralabel use in food-producing animals: 21 CFR 530.41(a) lists "(4) Dimetridazole; (5) Ipronidazole; (6) Other nitroimidazoles" (eCFR, retrieved 2026-10-13; also Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook 10th ed, printed p.1504).
Species references:All Domestic Pigeon drugs
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