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 > 522.883—Etorphine hydrochloride injection.

522.883—Etorphine hydrochloride injection.

(a) Chemical name. 6,7,8,14 - tetrahydro - alpha - methyl - alpha - propyl - 6,14 - endo-ethenooripavine-alpha-methanol hydrochloride.
(b) Specifications. Each milliliter of etorphine hydrochloride injection, veterinary, contains 1 mg of etorphine hydrochloride in sterile aqueous solution.
(c) Sponsors. See No. 053923 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(d) Conditions of use. (1) The drug is used for the immobilization of wild and exotic animals.
(2) It is administered intramuscularly by hand syringe or syringe dart at a suitable dosage level depending upon the species.
(3) Do not use the drug unless diprenorphine hydrochloride injection, veterinary, as provided for in § 522.723, is available for use in reversing the effects of etorphine hydrochloride injection, veterinary.
(4) For use in wild or exotic animals only. Do not use in domestic food-producing animals. Do not use 30 days before, or during, the hunting season in free-ranging wild animals that might be used for food.
(5) Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. Distribution is restricted to veterinarians engaged in zoo and exotic animal practice, wildlife management programs, and researchers.

Code of Federal Regulations

[40 FR 13858, Mar. 27, 1975, as amended at 48 FR 16241, Apr. 15, 1983; 61 FR 260, Jan. 4, 1996]