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: "520.2473a"
section_subject: "Tioxidazole granules."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 520.2473a"
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 gram of granules contains 200 milligrams of tioxidazole.
(b)Sponsor. See No. 000061 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c)Conditions of use—(1) Horses—(i) Amount. 5 milligrams per pound of body weight as a single dose.
(ii)Indications for use. Removal of mature large strongyles (Strongylus edentatus, S. equinus, and S. vulgaris), mature ascarids (Parascaris equorum), mature and immature (4th larval stage) pinworms (Oxyuris equi), and mature small strongyles (Triodontophorus spp.).
(iii)Limitations. For administration with feed: Sprinkle required amount of granules on a small amount of the usual grain ration and mix. Prepare for each horse individually. Withholding of feed or water not necessary. Not for use in horses intended for food. The reproductive safety of tioxidazole in breeding animals has not been determined. Consult your veterinarian for assistance in the diagnosis, treatment, and control of parasitism. It is recommended that this drug be administered with caution to sick or debilitated horses.