subchapter_subject: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
part_code: "522"
part_subject: "IMPLANTATION OR INJECTABLE DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "Specific Administrative Rulings and Decisions"
section_number: "522.1020"
section_subject: "Gelatin."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 522.1020"
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 100 milliliters contains 8 grams of gelatin in a 0.85 percent sodium chloride solution.
(b)Sponsor. See No. 054771 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c)Conditions of use—(1) Amount. The exact dosage to be administered must be determined after evaluating the animal's condition and will vary according to the size of the animal and the degree of shock. A suggested dosage range for small animals such as dogs is 4 to 8 cubic centimeters per pound body weight. The suggested dosage range for large animals such as sheep, calves, cows, or horses is 2 to 4 cubic centimeters per pound of body weight.
(2)Indications for use. For use to restore circulatory volume and maintain blood pressure in animals being treated for shock.
(3)Limitations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.