Packaging and storage
Preserve in tight,light-resistant containers.
Labeling
Label it to indicate that it is intended for veterinary use only.
Loss on drying á731ñ
Dry about 100mg,accurately weighed,in a capillary-stoppered bottle in vacuum at a pressure not exceeding 5mm of mercury at 60

for 3hours:it loses not more than 2.0%of its weight.
Assay for chlortetracycline hydrochloride
Proceed as directed for chlortetracycline under
AntibioticsMicrobial Assays á81ñ,using an accurately weighed quantity of Powder,equivalent to about 100mg of chlortetracycline hydrochloride,dissolved in an accurately measured volume of 0.01Nhydrochloric acid to obtain a stock solution having a convenient concentration.Dilute an accurately measured volume of this stock solution quantitatively and stepwise with water to obtain a
Test Dilutionhaving a concentration assumed to be equal to the median dose level of the Standard.
Assay for sulfamethazine
Proceed as directed under
Nitrite Titration á451ñ,using an accurately weighed quantity of Powder,equivalent to about 500mg of sulfamethazine.Each mLof 0.1
Msodium nitrite is equivalent to 27.83mg of sulfamethazine (C
12H
14N
4O
2S).