---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 520.903c"
title: "21"
number: "520.903c"
heading: "Febantel and praziquantel paste."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/520.903c"
---

# §520.903c. Febantel and praziquantel paste.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each gram of paste contains 34 milligrams of febantel and 3.4 milligrams of praziquantel.
- (b) **Sponsor.** See No. 058198 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Conditions of use—**
  - (1) **Amount—**
    - (i) **Dogs and cats (over 6 months of age)—** 10 milligrams of febantel and 1 milligram of praziquantel per kilogram of body weight (1 gram of paste per 7.5 pounds body weight) administered by mouth or in the food once daily for 3 days.
    - (ii) **Puppies and kittens (less than 6 months of age)—** 15 milligrams of febantel and 1.5 milligrams of praziquantel per kilogram of body weight (1 gram of paste per 5 pounds body weight) administered by mouth on a full stomach once daily for 3 days.
  - (2) **Indications for use.**
    - (i) **Dogs and puppies—** For removal of hookworms (Ancylostoma caninum and Uncinaria stenocephala), whipworms (Trichuris vulpis), ascarids (Toxocara canis and Toxascaris leonina), and tapeworms (Dipylidium caninum and Taenia pisiformis).
    - (ii) **Cats and kittens—** For removal of hookworms (Ancylostoma tubaeforme), ascarids (Toxocara cati) and tapeworms (Dipylidium caninum and Taenia taeniaeformis).
  - (3) **Limitations.** Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 19167, May 7, 1985, as amended at 53 FR 48533, Dec. 1, 1988; 56 FR 50813, Oct. 9, 1991; 79 FR 28821, May 20, 2014. Redesignated at 85 FR 18119, Apr. 1, 2020; 86 FR 14818, Mar. 19, 2021]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[50 FR 19167, May 7, 1985, as amended at 53 FR 48533, Dec. 1, 1988; 56 FR 50813, Oct. 9, 1991; 79 FR 28821, May 20, 2014. Redesignated at 85 FR 18119, Apr. 1, 2020; 86 FR 14818, Mar. 19, 2021]