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: "522.390"
section_subject: "Chloramphenicol."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 522.390"
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 100 milligrams of chloramphenicol.
(b)Sponsor. See Nos. 054771 and 069043 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
Dogs—(1) Amount. 5 to 15 milligrams per pound of body weight, intramuscularly or intravenously, every 6 hours. In severe infections, use 4 to 6 hour treatment intervals the first day. If no response is obtained in 3 to 5 days, discontinue use and reevaluate diagnosis.
(2)Indications for use. Treatment of infections of the respiratory tract, the urinary tract, and enteritis and tonsillitis caused by organisms susceptible to chloramphenicol.
(3)Limitations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. Federal law prohibits the extralabel use of this drug in food-producing animals.