21 CFR § 520.2345a - Tetracycline capsules.

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title: "21 CFR § 520.2345a - Tetracycline capsules."
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title_name: "Food and Drugs"
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section_name: "Tetracycline capsules."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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# 520.2345a Tetracycline capsules.

(a) *Specifications.* Each capsule contains 50, 100, 125, 250, or 500 milligrams (mg) tetracycline hydrochloride.

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

(c) *Conditions of use in dogs*—(1) *Amount.* 25 mg per pound of body weight per day in divided doses every 6 hours.

(2) *Indications for use.* For treatment of infections caused by organisms sensitive to tetracycline hydrochloride, such as bacterial gastroenteritis due to *E.* *coli* and urinary tract infections due to *Staphylococcus* spp. and *E. coli.*

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

[70 FR 50182, Aug. 26, 2005, as amended at 73 FR 18442, Apr. 4, 2008; 79 FR 28831, May 20, 2014]