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: "520.600"
section_subject: "Dichlorvos capsules and pellets."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 520.600"
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 capsule contains 2.27 milligrams (mg) (4 percent) dichlorvos.
(b)Sponsor. See No. 069043 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c)Conditions of use in dogs—(1) Amount. Administer any combination of capsules and/or pellets so that the animal receives a single dose equaling 12 to 15 mg of dichlorvos per pound of body weight.
(2)Indications for use. For removal of Toxocara canis and Toxascaris leonina (roundworms), Ancylostoma caninum and Uncinaria stenocephala (hookworms), and Trichuris vulpis (whipworm) residing in the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract.
(3)Limitations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.