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: "520.598"
section_subject: "Dichlorvos tablets."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 520.598"
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 2, 5, 10, or 20 milligrams (mg) dichlorvos.
(b)Sponsor. See No. 069043 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c)Conditions of use in dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens—(1) Amount. Administer orally at 5 mg dichlorvos per pound of body weight.
(2)Indications for use—(i) Dogs and puppies: Removal and control of intestinal roundworms (Toxocara canis and Toxascaris leonina) and hookworms (Ancylostoma caninum and Uncinaria stenocephala).
(ii)Cats and kittens: Removal and control of intestinal roundworms (Toxocara cati and Toxascaris leonina) and hookworms (Ancylostoma tubaeforme and Uncinaria stenocephala).
(3)Limitations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.