Boer: adverse event reports for animal drugs

Breed of goat

The FDA breed label is "Boer". 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 May 1999 to November 2023, FDA received 124 reports that give the breed Boer. That is 14.7% of the reports about goats. In the 12 months to June 2026, FDA received no 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 124 reports are "Death" and "Recumbency". A report is not proof that a drug caused a sign.

By number of reports in all years, this breed is number 1 of 1 breeds of goats 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 "Death" is in 47.6% of the reports that give this breed, and in 39.6% of the reports about goats.

Search engines list a breed page with 1,500 reports or more in all years. The page also needs 30 reports or more in the 12 months to June 2026. This page is under one of these numbers. The site keeps the page and keeps it out of search engines.

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 6 drug pages.

Drug pages with 5 or more reports that give the breed Boer, in order of name
Active ingredients	Reports that give this breed
Albendazole	18
Doramectin	9
Fenbendazole	10
Monensin	29
Moxidectin	15
Progesterone	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 124 reports that list the sign.

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

Death47.6%59 reports
Recumbency[lying down and unable or unwilling to rise]10.5%13 reports
Depression[dull, quiet or withdrawn]9.7%12 reports
Diarrhoea[diarrhea]9.7%12 reports
Anorexia[not eating]7.3%9 reports
Ataxia[unsteady, uncoordinated movement]6.5%8 reports
Ineffective, worms NOS[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (worms nos)]6.5%8 reports
No sign[no clinical sign was reported]6.5%8 reports
Abortion5.6%7 reports
Ineffective, parasite(s) NOS[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (parasite(s) nos)]4.8%6 reports
Inappropriate preparation of medication4.8%6 reports
Blindness4%5 reports
Lack of efficacy - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect]4%5 reports
Ruminant stomach disorder4%5 reports

Show the next 11 signs

Vocalisation[crying out or unusual noise]4%5 reports
Weight loss4%5 reports
Accidental exposure[exposure that was not intended]3.2%4 reports
Agalactia3.2%4 reports
Lack of efficacy (bacteria) - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect: target not specified]3.2%4 reports
Residues in meat/offal3.2%4 reports
Convulsion[seizure]2.4%3 reports
Death by euthanasia[the animal was euthanized]2.4%3 reports
Discoloured urine2.4%3 reports
Hypersalivation[drooling]2.4%3 reports
Ineffective, stomach worm NOS[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (stomach worm nos)]2.4%3 reports

What the reports record

Age of the animal

Boer reports
All reports about goats

Under 1 year21%26, All reports about goats: 20.6%
1 to 3 years20.2%25, All reports about goats: 16.5%
4 to 7 years2.4%3, All reports about goats: 5.1%
8 to 11 years1.6%2, All reports about goats: 1.5%
12 years and over0%0, All reports about goats: 0.4%
Age not given54.8%68, All reports about goats: 55.9%

Weight of the animal

Boer reports
All reports about goats

Under 5 kg (11 lb)1.6%2, All reports about goats: 3.2%
5 to 9.9 kg (11 to 22 lb)1.6%2, All reports about goats: 4.5%
10 to 24.9 kg (22 to 55 lb)11.3%14, All reports about goats: 14%
25 to 44.9 kg (55 to 99 lb)10.5%13, All reports about goats: 10.2%
45 kg and over (99 lb and over)16.9%21, All reports about goats: 16.6%
Weight not given58.1%72, All reports about goats: 51.4%

Outcome at the time of the report

Recovered/Normal4.8%6
Recovered with Sequela[recovered, with a lasting effect]0%0
Ongoing1.6%2
Died58.9%73
Euthanized0.8%1
Outcome Unknown19.4%24

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 124 reports that give this breed.

Each share of age and weight is of the 124 reports that give this breed. The thin bar is the same share in the 841 reports about goats.

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 Boer, by the year in which FDA received them
Year	Reports
2023	6
2022	4
2021	4
2020	7
2019	5
2018	1
2017	5
2016	2
2015	5
2014	2
2013	2
2012	4
2011	3
2010	8
2009	9
2008	8
2007	13
2006	10
2005	8
2004	6
2003	4
2002	1
2001	4
2000	1
1999	2

Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. Boer: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/breed/goat/boer/ 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 124 reports about this breed received from May 1999 to November 2023. 21% give an age of under 1 year. 20.2% give an age of 1 to 3 years. 54.8% give no age.
How does the count of the latest 12 months compare with the 12 months before?: FDA received no reports in the 12 months to June 2026. It received no 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 goats.
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