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.
Approvals. See sponsors in § 510.600(c) of this chapter for use as in paragraph (e) of this section.
Nos. 054771: 50, 90, or 100 grams per pound (g/lb) Type A medicated article.
No. 066104: 10, 20, 30, 50, 70, or 100 g/lb of Type A medicated article.
No. 069254: 50, 90, or 100 g/lb of Type A medicated article.
Related tolerances. See § 556.150 of this chapter.
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.
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.
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.”
Manufacture for use in free-choice feeds as in paragraph (e)(4)(iii) of this section must conform to § 510.455 of this chapter.
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.”
Conditions of use—(1) Chickens. It is used as follows:
Turkeys. It is used as follows:
Swine. It is used as follows:
Cattle. It is used as follows:
Minor species. It is used as follows:
It is used as a free-choice, loose mineral Type C feed as follows:
Specifications.
Amount. 6,000 grams per ton.
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.
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.
Sponsors. See Nos. 054771 and 069254 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.