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: "522.380"
section_subject: "Chloral hydrate, pentobarbital, and magnesium sulfate."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 522.380"
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 of solution contains 42.5 milligrams (mg) of chloral hydrate, 8.86 mg of pentobarbital, and 21.2 mg of magnesium sulfate.
(b)Sponsor. See No. 054771 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c)Conditions of use—(1) Amount. For general anesthesia: Administer 20 to 50 milliliters per 100 pounds of body weight by intravenous injection until the desired effect is produced. Cattle usually require a lower dosage on the basis of body weight. As a sedative-relaxant: Administer at a level of one-fourth to one-half of the anesthetic dosage level.
(2)Indications for use. For general anesthesia and as a sedative-relaxant in cattle and horses.
(3)Limitations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.