---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 520.376"
title: "21"
number: "520.376"
heading: "Cephalexin."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/520.376"
---

# §520.376. Cephalexin.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each chewable tablet contains 75, 150, 300, or 600 milligrams (mg) cephalexin.
- (b) **Sponsor.** See No. 051311 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Conditions of use—**
  - (1) **Dogs—**
    - (i) **Amount.** Administer 22 mg per kilogram of body weight twice daily for 28 days.
    - (ii) **Indications for use.** For the treatment of secondary superficial bacterial pyoderma in dogs caused by susceptible strains of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius.
    - (iii) **Limitations.** Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.
  - (2) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[77 FR 47512, Aug. 9, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 360b.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 13838, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[77 FR 47512, Aug. 9, 2012]