Title 21: Food and Drugs
« Home / Title 21 - Food and Drugs--Volume 6 / CHAPTER I - FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED) / SUBCHAPTER E - ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS
/ PART 520 - ORAL DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS
/ § 520.376 Cephalexin.
§ 520.376 Cephalexin.
(a) Specifications. Each chewable tablet contains 75, 150, 300, or 600 milligrams (mg) cephalexin.
(b) Sponsor. See No. 051311 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c) Conditions of use - (1) Dogs - (i) Amount. Administer 22 mg per kilogram of body weight twice daily for 28 days.
(ii) Indications for use. For the treatment of secondary superficial bacterial pyoderma in dogs caused by susceptible strains of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius.
(iii) Limitations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.
(2) [Reserved]