Pet Drug Reports

American Saddlebredadverse event reports for animal drugs

Breed of horse

The FDA breed label is "Saddlebred - American". The count has only the reports that give this one breed.

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From October 1989 to December 2025, FDA received 166 reports that give the breed American Saddlebred. That is 0.9% of the reports about horses. In the 12 months to June 2026, FDA received 2 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 166 reports are "Death by euthanasia" and "Lip oedema". A report is not proof that a drug caused a sign.

By number of reports in all years, this breed is number 13 of 15 breeds of horses with a page. Fewer than 20 reports gave this breed in the 12 months before June 2026, so this page gives no change.

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 11 drug pages.

Drug pages with 5 or more reports that give the breed American Saddlebred, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports that give this breed
Butorphanol Tartrate6
Ceftiofur Crystalline Free Acid13
Detomidine Hydrochloride15
Firocoxib6
Ivermectin + Praziquantel34
Moxidectin14
Moxidectin + Praziquantel5
Omeprazole12
Pergolide mesylate13
Pyrantel Tartrate6
Xylazine5

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 166 reports that list the sign.

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

  1. Death by euthanasia[the animal was euthanized]7.8%13 reports
  2. Lip oedema7.8%13 reports
  3. Abdominal pain6.6%11 reports
  4. Fever6.6%11 reports
  5. Colic6%10 reports
  6. Lack of efficacy - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect]6%10 reports
  7. Death5.4%9 reports
  8. Application site swelling[swelling where the product was applied]4.8%8 reports
  9. Ataxia[unsteady, uncoordinated movement]4.8%8 reports
  10. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]4.8%8 reports
  11. Hypersalivation[drooling]4.8%8 reports
  12. Recumbency[lying down and unable or unwilling to rise]4.8%8 reports
  13. Tachypnoea[fast breathing]4.8%8 reports
  14. Anaphylaxis[sudden severe allergic-type reaction]4.2%7 reports
Show the next 11 signs
  1. Hyperhidrosis4.2%7 reports
  2. Ineffective, sedation[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (sedation)]4.2%7 reports
  3. Anorexia[not eating]3.6%6 reports
  4. Injection site swelling[swelling where the injection was given]3.6%6 reports
  5. Behavioural disorder NOS[behaviour change, type not specified]3%5 reports
  6. Stomatitis3%5 reports
  7. Facial oedema[swollen face]2.4%4 reports
  8. Injection site pain[pain where the injection was given]2.4%4 reports
  9. Laminitis2.4%4 reports
  10. Lethargy[unusually tired or inactive]2.4%4 reports
  11. Malaise[generally unwell]2.4%4 reports

What the reports record

Age of the animal

  • American Saddlebred reports
  • All reports about horses
  • Under 1 year3.6%6
  • 1 to 3 years12%20
  • 4 to 7 years14.5%24
  • 8 to 11 years9.6%16
  • 12 years and over44%73
  • Age not given16.3%27

Weight of the animal

  • American Saddlebred reports
  • All reports about horses
  • Under 5 kg (11 lb)0%0
  • 5 to 9.9 kg (11 to 22 lb)0%0
  • 10 to 24.9 kg (22 to 55 lb)0%0
  • 25 to 44.9 kg (55 to 99 lb)0%0
  • 45 kg and over (99 lb and over)72.9%121
  • Weight not given27.1%45

Outcome at the time of the report

  • Recovered/Normal20.5%34
  • Recovered with Sequela[recovered, with a lasting effect]0.6%1
  • Ongoing6.6%11
  • Died9%15
  • Euthanized5.4%9
  • Outcome Unknown13.3%22

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 166 reports that give this breed.

Each share of age and weight is of the 166 reports that give this breed. The thin bar is the same share in the 18,674 reports about horses.

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 American Saddlebred, by the year in which FDA received them
YearReports
20255
20247
20237
20223
20215
202010
20195
201810
20178
20168
20152
20142
20132
20128
20115
20105
20098
20081
20078
200612
20059
20047
20036
20021
20013
20004
19992
19982
19972
19951
19942
19931
19923
19911
19891

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Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. American Saddlebred: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/breed/horse/american-saddlebred/ Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, openFDA Animal and Veterinary adverse event reports, export of . Reports received through .

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 166 reports about this breed received from October 1989 to December 2025. 44% give an age of 12 years and over. 14.5% give an age of 4 to 7 years. 16.3% give no age.

How does the count of the latest 12 months compare with the 12 months before?

FDA received 2 reports in the 12 months to June 2026. It received 5 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 horses.

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