In the latest FDA data
FDA changed the counts for January to March 2026 in a later export.
The count for all animal drugs in January to March 2026 changed from 14,826 to 17,307.
101 drug pages have a different count.
1 drug page is new.
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The data have the reports that FDA received through , from the openFDA export of . FDA says that a report can take 3 to 6 months to reach the public data. The newest months can get more reports in a later update.
A report is not proof that a drug caused a sign. What an adverse event report is, and is not
| Species | Jan to Mar 2026 | Oct to Dec 2025 | Jan to Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| All species | 17,307 | 18,072 | 16,457 |
| Dog | 11,984 | 12,499 | 11,305 |
| Cat | 3,030 | 3,140 | 2,800 |
| Horse | 222 | 228 | 157 |
| Other or not given | 2,071 | 2,205 | 2,195 |
If your animal is ill
Brand names A to Z
1,436 brand names from the FDA Green Book. Each name opens the page of its active ingredients.
The openFDA records give the value "MSK" for the brand name and for the manufacturer name of each drug. FDA says that MSK means "masked". So the site cannot count a report for a brand.
All the lists
- Drugs by active ingredient367 single ingredients and combinations, A to Z
- Ingredients, all combinations85 ingredients that the reports name in more than one combination
- Clinical signs1,149 coded terms, each with a plain gloss where one helps
- Breeds213 breeds: dog, cat, cattle, horse, ferret, goat
- MonthsReports by the month in which FDA received them, from 1987
- GlossaryThe terms of the site, with the words of FDA
- GuidesWhat a report is, what affects a count, why the counts have no brand names, the terms
Findings from all the reports
- Reports that FDA received each year, 2014 to 2025FDA received 77,103 adverse event reports for animal drugs in 2025, the last full year in the data.
- Reports by species, 1987 to June 2026Reports about dogs were 72.6% of the 1,378,761 reports that FDA received from January 1987 to June 2026.
- Clinical signs in the most reports, 12 months to June 2026The sign "Vomiting" is in the largest number of the reports that FDA received in the 12 months to June 2026: 7,871 of 74,895 reports (10.5%).
- Kinds of report by species, 1987 to June 2026Of the 1,378,761 reports, 64.5% are about a safety issue only.
All findings. A count of reports is not a measure of risk.
The edition of November 2026 keeps the counts of this month. Every monthly edition.
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Reports for each month, by species
The month is the month in which FDA received the report. Each chart has its own scale. FDA says that a report can take 3 to 6 months to reach the public data. The newest months can get more reports in a later update.
The data in figures
- Reports in the data
- 1,378,761, received from January 1987 to Jun 2026
- Reports in the latest 12 months
- 74,895, and 78,523 in the 12 months before
- Reports about dogs
- 72.6% of all reports
- Reports about cats
- 11% of all reports
- Reports about lack of expected effectiveness
- 23.3% of all reports, alone or with a safety issue
FDA says that commonly used products may have more reports because more animals get them. See what affects a count of reports and how the site counts reports.