21 CFR § 524.86 - Amitraz.

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title: "21 CFR § 524.86 - Amitraz."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "524.86"
section_name: "Amitraz."
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: "524"
part_name: "OPHTHALMIC AND TOPICAL DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 360b."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 13873, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
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# 524.86 Amitraz.

(a) *Specifications.* Amitraz liquid contains 19.9 percent amitraz in an organic solvent.

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

(c) *Conditions of use*—(1) *Indications for use.* For dogs for the treatment of generalized demodicosis (*Demodex canis*).

(2) *Amount.* One 10.6 milliliter bottle per 2 gallons of warm water (250 parts per million) for each treatment, for a total of 3 to 6 treatments, 14 days apart.

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

[47 FR 18589, Apr. 30, 1982, as amended at 79 FR 10967, Feb. 27, 2014]