What is Sulfaquinoxaline used for?

Sulfaquinoxaline is indicated for: Coccidiosis, treatment.

Which species have cited Sulfaquinoxaline dosing data?

Sulfaquinoxaline dosing in the ExoticRx formulary covers 4 species: Degu, Gerbil, Rabbit (Domestic), Zebra Finch.

Is Sulfaquinoxaline a controlled substance?

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

Sulfaquinoxaline

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

Sulfaquinoxaline is dosed at 100 mg/kg PO q24h x 3d, off 2d, on 3d in zebra finches, per 232. Doneley B. Formulary. In: Doneley B, eds. Avian Medicine and Surgery in Practice: Companion and Aviary Birds; Manson Publishing, London, UK; 2011:285-320. | 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.444 — 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 — 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.. Verify against current literature before clinical use.

Drug Class

Antibiotic

Routes

Indications

Coccidiosistreatment

Side effects & warnings

Added 2026-08-04 by the book-verification programme. Every dose rule under this entry was mined from a source, independently re-verified against that source, and adversarially challenged before publication. Drafted for: Zebra Finch

Species with Sulfaquinoxaline dosing data (4 dose rules)

Degu Gerbil Rabbit (Domestic)Zebra Finch

Species references:All Degu drugs All Gerbil drugs All Rabbit (Domestic) drugs All Zebra Finch drugs

Evidence levels across 4 dose rules

Moderate×4

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

Backed by 3 published sources

· 232. Doneley B. Formulary. In: Doneley B, eds. Avian Medicine and Surgery in Practice: Companion and Aviary Birds; Manson Publishing, London, UK; 2011:285-320. | 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.444 — 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 — 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.
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Adamcak A, Otten B. Rodent therapeutics. Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2000;3:221-237. | Morrisey JK, Carpenter JW. Formulary. In: Quesenberry KE, Carpenter JW, eds. Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery, 4th ed., Elsevier, St. Louis, MO; 2021:620-630. — Source: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, 6th Ed, p.780 — Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, Table 9.2 (Antiparasitic Agents Used in Rodents). Located 2026-08-05: the only table covering this species in which the drug's own row prints this dose. The copy held is an ebook conversion with no printed page numbers, so the table is the citable location. — SOURCE EDITION: Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary — ISBN 9780323833929, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323833929; Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery — ISBN 9780323484350, https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780323484350