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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 / § 520.623 Diethylcarbamazine and oxibendazole chewable tablets.
§ 520.623 Diethylcarbamazine and oxibendazole chewable tablets.

(a) Specifications. Each tablet contains either 60, 120, or 180 milligrams of diethylcarbamazine citrate with 45, 91, or 136 milligrams of oxibendazole, respectively.

(b) Sponsor. See No. 054771 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.

(c) Conditions of use in dogs - (1) Amount. Administer orally to dogs at a dosage level of 6.6 milligrams of diethylcarbamazine citrate per kilogram of body weight (3 milligrams per pound of body weight) and 5.0 milligrams of oxibendazole per kilogram of body weight (2.27 milligrams per pound of body weight).

(2) Indications for use. For prevention of infection with Dirofilaria immitis (heartworm disease) and Ancylostoma caninum (hookworm infection) and for removal and control of Trichuris vulpis (whipworm infection) and mature and immature stages of intestinal Toxocara canis (ascarid infection).

(3) Limitations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

[50 FR 28768, July 16, 1985, as amended at 53 FR 45759, Nov. 14, 1988; 54 FR 3776, Jan. 26, 1989; 54 FR 6804, Feb. 14, 1989; 56 FR 50653, Oct. 8, 1991; 60 FR 55659, Nov. 2, 1995; 79 FR 28820, May 20, 2014]
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