[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR522.90c]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 522--IMPLANTATION OR INJECTABLE DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  522.90c  Ampicillin sodium for aqueous injection.

    (a) Specifications. When reconstituted, each milliliter contains 
ampicillin sodium equivalent to 300 milligrams of ampicillin.
    (b) Sponsor. See No. 000069 in Sec.  510.600(c) of this chapter.
    (c) Conditions of use. Horses--(1) Amount: 3 milligrams per pound of 
body weight twice daily.
    (2) Indications for use. Treatment of respiratory tract infections 
(pneumonia and strangles) due to Staphylococcus spp., Escherichia coli, 
and Proteus mirabilis, and skin and soft tissue infections (abscesses 
and wounds) due to Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., E. coli, and 
P. mirabilis, when caused by susceptible organisms.
    (3) Limitations. Administer either intravenously or intramuscularly. 
Treatment should be continued 48 hours after all symptoms have subsided. 
If no response is seen in 4 to 5 days, reevaluate diagnosis. Not for use 
in horses or other animals which are raised for food production. Federal 
law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed 
veterinarian.

[57 FR 37331, Aug. 18, 1992, as amended at 60 FR 55659, Nov. 2, 1995]