21 CFR § 522.311 - Cefovecin.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s522.311"
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title: "21 CFR § 522.311 - Cefovecin."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "522.311"
section_name: "Cefovecin."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
part_number: "522"
part_name: "IMPLANTATION OR INJECTABLE DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 360b."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 13858, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
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# 522.311 Cefovecin.

(a) *Specifications.* Each milliliter of constituted solution contains 80 milligrams (mg) cefovecin as the sodium salt.

(b) *Sponsors.* See Nos. 054771 and 086163 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.

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

(d) *Conditions of use*—(1) *Dogs*—(i) *Amount.* Administer 3.6 mg/pound (lb) (8 mg/kilograms (kg)) body weight as a single subcutaneous injection. A second subcutaneous injection of 3.6 mg/lb (8 mg/kg) may be administered if response to therapy is not complete.

(ii) *Indications for use.* For the treatment of skin infections (secondary superficial pyoderma, abscesses, and wounds) in dogs caused by susceptible strains of *Staphylococcus intermedius* and *Streptococcus canis* (Group G).

(2) *Cats*—(i) *Amount.* Administer 3.6 mg/lb (8 mg/kg) body weight as a single, one-time subcutaneous injection.

(ii) *Indications for use.* For the treatment of skin infections (wounds and abscesses) in cats caused by susceptible strains of *Pasteurella multocida.*

[73 FR 29685, May 22, 2008, as amended at 79 FR 16185, Mar. 25, 2014; 90 FR 40970, Aug. 22, 2025]