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: "522.1870"
section_subject: "Praziquantel."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 522.1870"
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 milliliter (mL) of solution contains 56.8 milligrams of praziquantel.
(b)Sponsors. See Nos. 000859 and 061133 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c)Conditions of use—(1) Dogs—(i) Amount. Administer by subcutaneous or intramuscular injection for dogs and puppies 5 pounds (lb) and under, 0.3 mL; for 6 to 10 lb, 0.5 mL; for 11 to 25 lb, 1.0 mL; if over 25 lb, 0.2 mL/5 lb body weight to a maximum of 3 mL.
(ii)Indications for use. For removal of canine cestodes Dipylidium caninum, Taenia pisiformis, and Echinococcus granulosus, and removal and control of canine cestode Echinococcus multilocularis.
(iii)Limitations. Federal law restricts the drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.
(2)Cats—(i) Amount. Administer by subcutaneous or intramuscular injection for cats and kittens under 5 lb, 0.2 mL; 5 to 10 lb, 0.4 mL; 11 lb and over, 0.6 mL maximum.
(ii)Indications for use. For removal of feline cestodes Dipylidium caninum and Taenia taeniaeformis.
(iii)Limitations. Federal law restricts the drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.