Albendazole suspension.

§ 520.38a Albendazole suspension. (a) Specifications. Each milliliter of suspension contains 45.5 milligrams (mg) (4.55 percent) or 113.6 mg (11.36 percent) albendazole. (b) Sponsor. See No. 054771 in § 510.600 of this chapter. (c) Related tolerances. See § 556.34 of this chapter. (d) Special considerations. See § 500.25 of this chapter. (e) Conditions of use —(1) Cattle. Administer 11.36 percent suspension: (i) Amount. 4.54 mg/pound (lb) body weight (10 mg/kilogram (kg)) as a single oral dose using dosing gun or dosing syringe. (ii) Indications for use. For removal and control of adult liver flukes ( Fasciola hepatica ); heads and segments of tapeworms ( Moniezia benedeni and M. expansa ); adult and 4th stage larvae of stomach worms (brown stomach worms including 4th stage inhibited larvae ( Ostertagia ostertagi ), barberpole worm ( Haemonchus contortus and H. placei ), small stomach worm ( Trichostrongylus axei )); adult and 4th stage larvae of intestinal worms (thread-necked intestinal worm ( Nematodirus spathiger and N. helvetianus ), small intestinal worm ( Cooperia punctata and C. oncophora )); adult stages of intestinal worms (hookworm ( Bunostomum phlebotomum ), bankrupt worm ( Trichostrongylus colubriformis ), nodular worm ( Oesophagostomum radiatum )); adult and 4th stage larvae of lungworms ( Dictyocaulus viviparus ). (iii) Limitations. 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. (2) Sheep. Administer 4.45 or 11.36 percent suspension: (i) Amount. 3.4 mg/lb body weight (7.5 mg/kg) as a single oral dose using dosing gun or dosing syringe. (ii) Indications for use. For removal and control of adult liver flukes ( Fasciola hepatica and Fascioloides magna ); heads and segments of common tapeworms ( Moniezia expansa ) and fringed tapeworm ( Thysanosoma actinioides ); adult and fourth stage larvae of stomach worms (brown stomach worm ( Ostertagia circumcinta and Marshallagia marshalli ), barberpole worm ( Haemonchus contortus ), small stomach worm ( Trichostrongylus axei )); adult and fourth stage larvae of intestinal worms (thread-necked intestinal worm ( Nematodirus spathiger and N. filicollis ), Cooper's worm ( Cooperia oncophora ), bankrupt worm ( Trichostrongylus colubriformis ), nodular worm ( Oesophagostomum columbianum ), and large-mouth bowel worm ( Chabertia ovina )); adult and larval stages of lungworms ( Dictyocaulus filaria ). (iii) Limitations. 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. (3) Goats. Administer 11.36 percent suspension: (i) Amount. 4.54 mg/lb body weight (10 mg/kg) as a single oral dose using dosing gun or dosing syringe. (ii) Indications for use. For the treatment of adult liver flukes ( Fasciola hepatica ) in nonlactating goats. (iii) Limitations. 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]