Kinds of report by species, 1987 to June 2026
Finding from the reports that FDA received through 26 Jun 2026
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FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine publishes these words. Source: Adverse Event Reports for Animal Drugs and Devices, read on . The data have the reports that FDA received through .
Of the 1,378,761 reports, 64.5% are about a safety issue only.
23.3% are about a lack of expected effectiveness, alone or with a safety issue.
12.2% are about a defect of the product or its package.
Among the species with 1,000 reports or more, the share about a lack of expected effectiveness is 7.4% for pigs and 28.8% for dogs.
Species in order of reports
| Species | Reports | Safety issue | Lack of expected effectiveness, alone or with a safety issue | Manufacturing or product defect | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dog | 1,001,350 | 69.6% | 28.8% | 1.5% | 0.1% |
| Cat | 151,153 | 83.9% | 14% | 2% | 0.1% |
| Cattle | 31,355 | 77% | 22.4% | 0.6% | 0% |
| Horse | 18,674 | 83.6% | 15.1% | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Pig | 2,627 | 91.7% | 7.4% | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| Chicken | 1,083 | 75.3% | 23.4% | 1.3% | 0.1% |
| Sheep | 1,072 | 88.3% | 11% | 0.6% | 0.1% |
| All reports | 1,378,761 | 64.5% | 23.3% | 12.2% | 0.1% |
In earlier editions
- October 2026: the first row was Dog (1,001,350).
How the figures were made
The kind is the kind that FDA records for the report. A report has one kind. The kinds are the words of FDA: a safety issue, a lack of expected effectiveness, both, a manufacturing or product defect, or other.
The shares are of the reports about a species. They are not rates, because the files do not give the number of animals. The row for all reports also has the reports about people and the reports that give no species.
The species are in order of the number of reports in all years.
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Cite this page
Pet Drug Reports. Kinds of report by species, 1987 to June 2026. https://petdrugreports.com/findings/kinds-of-report-by-species/ 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 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.