§ 520.38a Albendazole suspension.

Specifications.(a) Each milliliter of suspension contains 45.5 milligrams (mg) (4.55 percent) or 113.6 mg (11.36 percent) albendazole.

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

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

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

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

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

Indications for use.Fasciola hepaticaMoniezia benedeniM. expansaOstertagia ostertagiHaemonchus contortusH. placeiTrichostrongylus axeiNematodirus spathigerN. helvetianusCooperia punctataC. oncophoraBunostomum phlebotomumTrichostrongylus colubriformisOesophagostomum radiatumDictyocaulus viviparus(ii) For removal and control of adult liver flukes (); heads and segments of tapeworms ( and ); adult and 4th stage larvae of stomach worms (brown stomach worms including 4th stage inhibited larvae (), barberpole worm ( and ), small stomach worm ()); adult and 4th stage larvae of intestinal worms (thread-necked intestinal worm ( and ), small intestinal worm ( and )); adult stages of intestinal worms (hookworm (), bankrupt worm (), nodular worm ()); adult and 4th stage larvae of lungworms ().

Limitations.(iii) 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.

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

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

Indications for use.Fasciola hepaticaFascioloides magnaMoniezia expansaThysanosoma actinioidesOstertagia circumcintaMarshallagia marshalliHaemonchus contortusTrichostrongylus axeiNematodirus spathigerN. filicollisCooperia oncophoraTrichostrongylus colubriformisOesophagostomum columbianumChabertia ovinaDictyocaulus filaria(ii) For removal and control of adult liver flukes ( and ); heads and segments of common tapeworms () and fringed tapeworm (); adult and fourth stage larvae of stomach worms (brown stomach worm ( and ), barberpole worm (), small stomach worm ()); adult and fourth stage larvae of intestinal worms (thread-necked intestinal worm ( and ), Cooper's worm (), bankrupt worm (), nodular worm (), and large-mouth bowel worm ()); adult and larval stages of lungworms ().

Limitations.(iii) 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.

Goats.(3) Administer 11.36 percent suspension:

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

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

Limitations.(iii) 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]