§ 520.38a. Albendazole suspension.

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(a)Specifications. Each milliliter of suspension contains 45.5 milligrams

(mg)(4.55 percent) or 113.6 mg (11.36 percent) albendazole.

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

(c)Related tolerances. See § 556.34 of this chapter.

(d)Special considerations. See § 500.25 of this chapter.

(e)Conditions of use—(1) Cattle. Administer 11.36 percent suspension:

(i)Amount. 4.54 mg/pound

(lb)body weight (10 mg/kilogram (kg)) as a single oral dose using dosing gun or dosing syringe.

(ii)Indications for use. For removal and control of adult liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica); heads and segments of tapeworms (Moniezia benedeni and M. expansa); adult and 4th stage larvae of stomach worms (brown stomach worms including 4th stage inhibited larvae (Ostertagia ostertagi), barberpole worm (Haemonchus contortus and H. placei), small stomach worm (Trichostrongylus axei)); adult and 4th stage larvae of intestinal worms (thread-necked intestinal worm (Nematodirus spathiger and N. helvetianus), small intestinal worm (Cooperia punctata and C. oncophora)); adult stages of intestinal worms (hookworm (Bunostomum phlebotomum), bankrupt worm (Trichostrongylus colubriformis), nodular worm (Oesophagostomum radiatum)); adult and 4th stage larvae of lungworms (Dictyocaulus viviparus).

(iii)Limitations. Do not slaughter within 27 days of last treatment. Do not use in female dairy cattle of breeding age: Do not administer to female cattle during first 45 days of pregnancy or for 45 days after removal of bulls.

(2)Sheep. Administer 4.45 or 11.36 percent suspension:

(i)Amount. 3.4 mg/lb body weight (7.5 mg/kg) as a single oral dose using dosing gun or dosing syringe.

(ii)Indications for use. For removal and control of adult liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica and Fascioloides magna); heads and segments of common tapeworms (Moniezia expansa) and fringed tapeworm (Thysanosoma actinioides); adult and fourth stage larvae of stomach worms (brown stomach worm (Ostertagia circumcinta and Marshallagia marshalli), barberpole worm (Haemonchus contortus), small stomach worm (Trichostrongylus axei)); adult and fourth stage larvae of intestinal worms (thread-necked intestinal worm (Nematodirus spathiger and N. filicollis), Cooper's worm (Cooperia oncophora), bankrupt worm (Trichostrongylus colubriformis), nodular worm (Oesophagostomum columbianum), and large-mouth bowel worm (Chabertia ovina)); adult and larval stages of lungworms (Dictyocaulus filaria).

(iii)Limitations. Do not slaughter within 7 days of last treatment. Do not administer to ewes during first 30 days of pregnancy or for 30 days after removal of rams.

(3)Goats. Administer 11.36 percent suspension:

(i)Amount. 4.54 mg/lb body weight (10 mg/kg) as a single oral dose using dosing gun or dosing syringe.

(ii)Indications for use. For the treatment of adult liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica) in nonlactating goats.

(iii)Limitations. Do not slaughter within 7 days of last treatment. Do not administer to does during the first 30 days of pregnancy or for 30 days after removal of bucks. [73 FR 11027, Feb. 29, 2008. Redesignated at 78 FR 66264, Nov. 5, 2013, as amended at 79 FR 28816, May 20, 2014]