---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 520.2345a"
title: "21"
number: "520.2345a"
heading: "Tetracycline capsules."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/520.2345a"
---

# §520.2345a. Tetracycline capsules.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each capsule contains 50, 100, 125, 250, or 500 milligrams (mg) tetracycline hydrochloride.
- (b) **Sponsor.** See No. 054771 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Conditions of use in dogs—**
  - (1) **Amount.** 25 mg per pound of body weight per day in divided doses every 6 hours.
  - (2) **Indications for use.** For treatment of infections caused by organisms sensitive to tetracycline hydrochloride, such as bacterial gastroenteritis due to E. coli and urinary tract infections due to Staphylococcus spp. and E. coli.
  - (3) **Limitations.** Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 50182, Aug. 26, 2005, as amended at 73 FR 18442, Apr. 4, 2008; 79 FR 28831, May 20, 2014]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[70 FR 50182, Aug. 26, 2005, as amended at 73 FR 18442, Apr. 4, 2008; 79 FR 28831, May 20, 2014]