CFR > Title 21 - Food and Drugs > CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER E—ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS (parts 500 to 590) > PART 522—IMPLANTATION OR INJECTABLE DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS > 522.1222a—Ketamine.

522.1222a—Ketamine.

(a) Specifications. Each milliliter contains ketamine hydrochloride equivalent to 100 milligrams (mg) ketamine base activity.
(b) Sponsors. See Nos. 000010, 059130, 061690, 026637, and 063286 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c) Special considerations. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.
(d) Conditions of use— (1) Cats— 5 to 15 mg/pound body weight intramuscularly, depending on the effect desired.
(ii) Indications for use. For restraint or as the sole anesthetic agent in diagnostic or minor, brief surgical procedures that do not require skeletal muscle relaxation.
(2) Subhuman primates— (i) Amount. 3 to 15 mg/kilogram body weight intramuscularly, depending upon the species, general condition, and age of the subject.
(ii) Indications for use. For restraint.

Code of Federal Regulations

[67 FR 17283, Apr. 10, 2002, as amended at 73 FR 8192, Feb. 13, 2008; 74 FR 36111, July 22, 2009; 74 FR 66573, Dec. 16, 2009; 75 FR 10167, Mar. 5, 2010]