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: "520.903d"
section_subject: "Febantel and praziquantel paste."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 520.903d"
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 paste contains 34 milligrams of febantel and 3.4 milligrams of praziquantel.
(b)Sponsor. See No. 000859 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c)Conditions of use—(1) Amount—(i) Dogs and cats (over 6 months of age): 10 milligrams of febantel and 1 milligram of praziquantel per kilogram of body weight (1 gram of paste per 7.5 pounds body weight) administered by mouth or in the food once daily for 3 days.
(ii)Puppies and kittens (less than 6 months of age): 15 milligrams of febantel and 1.5 milligrams of praziquantel per kilogram of body weight (1 gram of paste per 5 pounds body weight) administered by mouth on a full stomach once daily for 3 days.
(2)Indications for use. (i) Dogs and puppies: For removal of hookworms (Ancylostoma caninum and Uncinaria stenocephala), whipworms (Trichuris vulpis), ascarids (Toxocara canis and Toxascaris leonina), and tapeworms (Dipylidium caninum and Taenia pisiformis).
(ii)Cats and kittens: For removal of hookworms (Ancylostoma tubaeforme), ascarids (Toxocara cati) and tapeworms (Dipylidium caninum and Taenia taeniaeformis).
(3)Limitations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.