Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Nov 19, 2024
§ 520.2520b - Trichlorfon boluses.

(a) Specifications. Each bolus contains either 7.3, 10.9, 14.6, or 18.2 g of trichlorfon.

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

(c) Conditions of use in horses—(1) Amount. 18.2 milligrams per pound of body weight, except for strongyles use 36.4 milligrams per pound of body weight.

(2) Indications for use. For horses for removal of bots (Gastrophilus nasalis, Gastrophilus intestinalis), large strongyles (Strongylus vulgaris), small strongyles, large roundworms (ascarids, Parascaris equorum), and pinworms (Oxyuris equi).

(3) Limitations. Do not use in horses intended for human consumption. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

[45 FR 48127, July 18, 1980. Redesignated and amended at 79 FR 28833, May 20, 2014]
authority: 21 U.S.C. 360b.
source: 40 FR 13838, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 21 CFR 520.2520b