Norwegian Black Elkhound: adverse event reports for animal drugs

Breed of dog

The FDA breed label is "Elkhound - Norwegian Black". The count has only the reports that give this one breed.

Read this first. FDA says this about the data:

An API dataset query result cannot be used to estimate the risk associated with the product or compare one drug or device product with another. When looking at the results, be aware that there is no certainty that the reported drug or device caused the adverse event. This dataset should not be the sole source of information for clinical decision-making or other assumptions about the safety or effectiveness of a product. The adverse event may have been related to an underlying disease, other drugs used at the same time or other non-drug related sources.
FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine publishes these words. Source: Adverse Event Reports for Animal Drugs and Devices, read on 2 Oct 2026. The data have the reports that FDA received through 26 Jun 2026.

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From July 1987 to April 2026, FDA received 252 reports that give the breed Norwegian Black Elkhound. That is under 0.1% of the reports about dogs. In the 12 months to June 2026, FDA received 4 reports for this breed.

The count has only the reports that give this one breed. Reports about crossbred animals are in the count for the species. The signs that appear in the largest number of the 252 reports are "Vomiting", "Anorexia" and "Diarrhoea". A report is not proof that a drug caused a sign.

By number of reports in all years, this breed is number 135 of 167 breeds of dogs with a page. Fewer than 20 reports gave this breed in the 12 months before June 2026, so this page gives no change. The sign "Anorexia" is in 10.3% of the reports that give this breed, and in 4.6% of the reports about dogs.

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Drug pages with reports for this breed

The table has every drug page with 5 or more reports that give this breed, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 12 drug pages.

Drug pages with 5 or more reports that give the breed Norwegian Black Elkhound, in order of name
Active ingredients	Reports that give this breed
Afoxolaner	33
Carprofen	42
Deracoxib	13
Dirlotapide	5
Firocoxib	5
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate	49
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime	5
Milbemycin Oxime	12
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad	11
Moxidectin	7
Selamectin	5
Selegiline Hydrochloride	6

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.

An API dataset query result cannot be used to estimate the risk associated with the product or compare one drug or device product with another.
Commonly used products may have a higher number of reported adverse events due to the higher total number of animals being given the product.
FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine. Source: Adverse Event Reports for Animal Drugs and Devices

Signs that the reports list

A sign is a coded term from the report. The words in brackets are a plain gloss of the term. The percentage is the share of the 252 reports that list the sign.

The sign that is in the largest number of the reports comes first.

Vomiting19.4%49 reports
Anorexia[not eating]10.3%26 reports
Diarrhoea[diarrhea]10.3%26 reports
Depression[dull, quiet or withdrawn]8.3%21 reports
Ineffective, heartworm larvae[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (heartworm larvae)]7.5%19 reports
Death7.1%18 reports
Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - hookworm[the product did not have the expected effect: hookworms]6%15 reports
Elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT)[a liver enzyme above the normal range]4.4%11 reports
Elevated serum alkaline phosphatase (SAP)[a liver and bone enzyme above the normal range]4.4%11 reports
Lethargy[unusually tired or inactive]4.4%11 reports
Accidental exposure[exposure that was not intended]4%10 reports
Anaemia NOS[low red blood cell count]4%10 reports
Ataxia[unsteady, uncoordinated movement]4%10 reports
Death by euthanasia[the animal was euthanized]4%10 reports

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Elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN)[a kidney value above the normal range]4%10 reports
Elevated creatinine[a kidney value above the normal range]3.6%9 reports
Ineffective, ascarids NOS[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (ascarids nos)]3.6%9 reports
Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - heartworm[the product did not have the expected effect: heartworm]3.6%9 reports
Digestive tract disorder NOS[digestive problem, type not specified]2.8%7 reports
Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - tick NOS[the product did not have the expected effect: ticks]2.8%7 reports
Leucocytosis NOS[high white blood cell count]2.8%7 reports
No sign[no clinical sign was reported]2.8%7 reports
Weakness2.8%7 reports
Convulsion[seizure]2.4%6 reports
Hypoalbuminaemia[low blood albumin]2.4%6 reports

What the reports record

Age of the animal

Norwegian Black Elkhound reports
All reports about dogs

Under 1 year8.3%21, All reports about dogs: 10.3%
1 to 3 years16.3%41, All reports about dogs: 29.2%
4 to 7 years21.4%54, All reports about dogs: 24.5%
8 to 11 years20.6%52, All reports about dogs: 18.4%
12 years and over29.4%74, All reports about dogs: 10.1%
Age not given4%10, All reports about dogs: 7.6%

Weight of the animal

Norwegian Black Elkhound reports
All reports about dogs

Under 5 kg (11 lb)0.8%2, All reports about dogs: 11.6%
5 to 9.9 kg (11 to 22 lb)2%5, All reports about dogs: 18.7%
10 to 24.9 kg (22 to 55 lb)52.4%132, All reports about dogs: 27.5%
25 to 44.9 kg (55 to 99 lb)39.3%99, All reports about dogs: 30.4%
45 kg and over (99 lb and over)0.8%2, All reports about dogs: 3.9%
Weight not given4.8%12, All reports about dogs: 7.9%

Outcome at the time of the report

Recovered/Normal7.9%20
Recovered with Sequela[recovered, with a lasting effect]0.4%1
Ongoing6.7%17
Died10.7%27
Euthanized0.4%1
Outcome Unknown20.2%51

An outcome in a report is not proof that the drug caused it. The person who sends the report gives the outcome. Each share is of the 252 reports that give this breed.

Each share of age and weight is of the 252 reports that give this breed. The thin bar is the same share in the 1,001,350 reports about dogs.

Reports by month and by year

Reports for each month, Jul 2021 to Jun 2026. The month is the month in which FDA received the report.

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.

Reports that give the breed Norwegian Black Elkhound, by the year in which FDA received them
Year	Reports
2026	2
2025	2
2024	8
2023	7
2022	8
2021	7
2020	4
2019	9
2018	4
2017	8
2016	4
2015	10
2014	7
2013	10
2012	2
2011	7
2010	16
2009	11
2008	18
2007	16
2006	12
2005	3
2004	18
2003	10
2002	7
2001	8
2000	8
1999	9
1998	8
1997	2
1996	2
1995	2
1994	1
1990	1
1987	1

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Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. Norwegian Black Elkhound: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/breed/dog/norwegian-black-elkhound/ Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, openFDA Animal and Veterinary adverse event reports, export of 30 Oct 2026. Reports received through 26 Jun 2026.

Where the data come from

The counts come from the openFDA Animal and Veterinary adverse event files, export of 30 Oct 2026. The files have the reports that the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine received through 26 Jun 2026. The files mask brand and manufacturer names. The site counts a drug by the active ingredients that each record gives, and gives no count to a brand, an application or a company. Ingredient names and the lists of approved products follow the FDA Green Book of 2 Nov 2026. The site puts the FDA breed label in the usual order of the words.

The site does not publish report text, lot numbers or details of a reporter. FDA's record is the authority. See how the site counts reports, the data sources and the corrections page.

Questions about these reports

What ages are the animals in the reports?: The figures are shares of the 252 reports about this breed received from July 1987 to April 2026. 29.4% give an age of 12 years and over. 21.4% give an age of 4 to 7 years. 4% give no age.
How does the count of the latest 12 months compare with the 12 months before?: FDA received 4 reports in the 12 months to June 2026. It received 3 reports in the 12 months before. 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.
Why are crossbred animals not in the count?: The site counts a report for a breed only when the report gives one breed. A report for a crossbred animal can give more than one breed, and a count for each breed would count the report more than once. The reports about crossbred animals are in the count for dogs.
Do the reports show that this breed reacts more to a drug?: No. The reports do not give the number of animals of the breed. FDA states this about the data.
An API dataset query result cannot be used to estimate the risk associated with the product or compare one drug or device product with another.
FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine. Source: Adverse Event Reports for Animal Drugs and Devices