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: "520.90e"
section_subject: "Ampicillin for soluble powder."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 520.90e"
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 contains ampicillin trihydrate equivalent to 88.2 milligrams of ampicillin.
(b)Sponsor. See No. 055529 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c)Related tolerances. See § 556.40 of this chapter.
(d)Conditions of use. Swine—(1) Amount. 5 milligrams of ampicillin per pound of body weight twice daily, orally by gavage or in drinking water for up to 5 days.
(2)Indications for use. Oral treatment of porcine colibacillosis (Escherichia coli) and salmonellosis (Salmonella spp.) infections in swine up to 75 pounds of body weight, and bacterial pneumonia caused by Pasteurella multocida, Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., and Salmonella spp.
(3)Limitations. Treated swine must not be slaughtered for food during treatment and for 24 hours following the last treatment. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.