21 CFR §558.128
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- (a)Specifications. Type A medicated articles containing either chlortetracycline calcium complex equivalent to chlortetracycline hydrochloride, or for products intended for use in milk replacer, chlortetracycline hydrochloride.
- (b)Sponsors. See sponsors in § 510.600(c) of this chapter as follows:
- (c)Related tolerances. See § 556.150 of this chapter.
- (d)Special considerations.
- (1)Federal law restricts medicated feed containing this veterinary feed directive (VFD) drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. See § 558.6 for additional requirements.
- (2)The expiration date of VFDs for chlortetracycline medicated feeds must not exceed 6 months from the date of issuance. VFDs for chlortetracycline shall not be refilled.
- (3)In milk replacers or starter feed; include on labeling the warning: “A withdrawal period has not been established for this product in preruminating calves. Do not use in calves to be processed for veal.”
- (4)Manufacture for use in free-choice feeds as in paragraph (e)(4)(vi) of this section must conform to § 510.455 of this chapter.
- (5)When manufactured for use as in paragraph (e)(5)(iii) of this section, include on labeling the warning: “Psittacosis, avian chlamydiosis, or ornithosis is a reportable communicable disease, transmissible between wild and domestic birds, other animals, and man. Contact appropriate public health and regulatory officials.”
- (e)Conditions of use—(1) Chickens. It is used as follows:
- (2)Turkeys. It is used as follows:
- (3)Swine. It is used as follows:
- (4)Cattle. It is used as follows:
- (5)Minor species. It is used as follows:
- (6)It is used as a free-choice, loose mineral Type C feed as follows:
- (i)Specifications.
- (ii)Amount. 6,000 grams per ton.
- (iii)Indications for use. Beef and nonlactating dairy cattle: As an aid in the control of active infection of anaplasmosis caused by Anaplasma marginale susceptible to chlortetracycline.
- (iv)Limitations. Feed continuously on a free-choice basis at a rate of 0.5 to 2.0 mg chlortetracycline per pound of body weight per day.
- (v)Sponsors. See Nos. 054771 and 069254 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.