subchapter_subject: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
part_code: "520"
part_subject: "ORAL DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "Specific Administrative Rulings and Decisions"
section_number: "520.2220c"
section_subject: "Sulfadimethoxine tablet."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 520.2220c"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Parts 500 to 599"
revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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(a)Specifications. Each tablet contains 125, 250, or 500 milligrams (mg) sulfadimethoxine.
(b)Sponsors. See Nos. 000061 and 054771 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(d)Conditions of use in dogs and cats—(1) Amount. Administer 25 milligrams (mg) per pound of body weight on the first day followed by 12.5 milligrams (mg) per pound of body weight per day until the animal is free of symptoms for 48 hours.
(2)Indications for use. Treatment of sulfadimethoxine-susceptible bacterial infections.
(3)Limitations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.