subchapter_subject: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
part_code: "524"
part_subject: "OPHTHALMIC AND TOPICAL DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "Specific Administrative Rulings and Decisions"
section_number: "524.815"
section_subject: "Eprinomectin and praziquantel."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 524.815"
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 4 milligrams (mg) eprinomectin and 83 mg praziquantel.
(b)Sponsor. See No. 050604 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c)Conditions of use in cats—(1) Amount. Using the 0.3 mL and 0.9 mL unit applicators, administer a minimum dose of 0.23 mg eprinomectin per pound body weight and 4.55 mg praziquantel per pound body weight by topical application on the dorsal midline between the base of the skull and the shoulder blades.
(2)Indications for use. For the prevention of heartworm disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis, and for the treatment and control of roundworms (adult and fourth stage larval Toxocara cati), hookworms (adult and fourth stage larval Ancylostoma tubaeforme; adult Ancylostoma braziliense), and tapeworms (adult Dipylidium caninum and Echinococcus multilocularis), in cats and kittens 7 weeks of age and older and 1.8 lbs or greater.
(3)Limitations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.