---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 520.1452"
title: "21"
number: "520.1452"
heading: "Moxidectin gel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/520.1452"
---

# §520.1452. Moxidectin gel.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each milliliter of gel contains 20 milligrams (2 percent) moxidectin.
- (b) **Sponsor.** See No. 054771 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Special considerations.** See [§ 500.25](/cfr/21/500.25.md) of this chapter.
- (d) **Conditions of use in horses and ponies—**
  - (1) **Amount.** 0.4 milligram moxidectin per kilogram (2.2 pounds) of body weight.
  - (2) **Indications for use.** For the treatment and control of large strongyles: Strongylus vulgaris (adults and L4/L5 arterial stages), S. edentatus (adult and tissue stages), Triodontophorus brevicauda (adults), and T. serratus (adults); small strongyles (adults): Cyathostomum spp., including C. catinatum and C. pateratum; Cylicocyclus. spp., including C. insigne, C. leptostomum, C. nassatus, and C. radiatus; Cyliocostephanus spp., including C. calicatus, C. goldi, C. longibursatus, and C. minutus; Coronocyclus spp., including C. coronatus, C. labiatus, and C. labratus; Gyalocephalus capitatus; and Petrovinema poculatus; small strongyles: undifferentiated lumenal larvae; encysted cyathostomes (late L3 and L4 mucosal cyathostome larvae); ascarids: Parascaris equorum (adults and L4 larval stages); pinworms: Oxyuris equi (adults and L4 larval stages); hairworms: Trichostrongylus axei (adults); large-mouth stomach worms: Habronema muscae (adults); and horse stomach bots: Gasterophilus intestinalis (2nd and 3rd instars) and G. nasalis (3rd instars). One dose also suppresses strongyle egg production for 84 days.
  - (3) **Limitations.** Do not use in horses intended for human consumption.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 42902, Aug. 11, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 66105, Nov. 24, 1999; 68 FR 51445, Aug. 27, 2003; 69 FR 24959, May 5, 2004; 70 FR 75017, Dec. 19, 2005; 78 FR 28825, May 20, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 360b.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 13838, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 42902, Aug. 11, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 66105, Nov. 24, 1999; 68 FR 51445, Aug. 27, 2003; 69 FR 24959, May 5, 2004; 70 FR 75017, Dec. 19, 2005; 78 FR 28825, May 20, 2014]