3-Nitro® / Albac® / Deccox®

558.195 Decoquinate.

Specifications: Type A medicated articles containing 6 percent decoquinate.

Conditions of use:

Chickens (broilers)

Amount: 27.2 grams Decoquinate per ton of feed, Roxarsone 11 to 45 grams per ton of feed plus Bacitracin zinc 12 to 50 grams per ton of feed.

Indications: For the prevention of coccidiosis caused by Eimeria tenella, E. necatrix, E. acervulina, E. mivati, E. maxima and E. brunetti; for increased rate of weight gain and improved feed efficiency

Limitations: Do not feed to laying chickens. Withdraw 5 days before slaughter. As sole source of organic arsenic. Bentonite should not be used in decoquinate feeds.

Tolerances for total residues of combined arsenic (calculated as Arsenic) in food are established as follows:

a. Chickens and turkeys (edible tissues): (1) 0.5 part per million in uncooked muscle tissue. (2) 2 parts per million in uncooked edible by-products.

b. Chicken and turkey eggs: 0.5 part per million

c. Swine (edible tissues): (1) 2 parts per million in uncooked liver and kidney. (2) 0.5 part per million in uncooked muscle tissue and by-products other than liver and kidney.

The tolerance for residues of bacitracin from zinc bacitracin or bacitracin methylene disalicylate in uncooked edible tissues of cattle, swine, chickens, turkeys, pheasants, and quail, and in milk and eggs is 0.5 part per million

Tolerances for residues of decoquinate in food are established in uncooked edible tissues of chickens, cattle, and goats at 2 parts per million in tissues other than skeletal muscle, and 1 part per million in skeletal muscle.