Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Nov 19, 2024
§ 529.536 - Detomidine.

(a) Specifications. Each milliliter of gel contains 7.6 milligrams (mg) of detomidine hydrochloride.

(b) Sponsor. See No. 052483 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.

(c) Conditions of use in horses—(1) Amount. Administer 0.018 mg per pound (mg/lb) (0.040 mg/kilogram (kg) sublingually.

(2) Indications for use. For sedation and restraint.

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

[75 FR 21163, Apr. 23, 2010, as amended at 76 FR 16533, Mar. 24, 2011]
authority: 21 U.S.C. 360b.
source: 40 FR 13881, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 21 CFR 529.536