Ingredients

Ingredient sets that include oxytetracycline

Ordered by report count. FDA states that these data "cannot be used to estimate the risk associated with the product or compare one drug or device product with another"; counts follow sales volume and years on the market. A report can list more than one set, so shares can add to more than 100%.

Signs listed in reports, pooled

share of oxytetracycline reports listing the termall reports in the database

1. Death21.1%385
2. Anaphylaxis[sudden severe allergic-type reaction]11.6%212
3. Solution, Abnormal[a product quality report, not a sign in an animal]10.5%192
4. Color, Abnormal[a product quality report, not a sign in an animal]10%182
5. Injection site swelling[swelling where the injection was given]8.5%156
6. Lack of efficacy (bacteria) - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect: target not specified]8%146
7. Collapse4.8%88
8. Dyspnoea[difficulty breathing]3.9%72
9. Hypersalivation[drooling]3.2%58
10. Vomiting2.8%52
11. Accidental exposure[exposure that was not intended]2.8%51
12. Injection site pain[pain where the injection was given]2.6%48
13. Unclassifiable adverse event[event that fits no dictionary term]2.6%48
14. Lack of efficacy - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect]2.5%45
15. No sign[no clinical sign was reported]2.4%44
16. Anorexia[not eating]2.4%43
17. Recumbency[lying down and unable or unwilling to rise]2.4%43
18. Eyelid oedema2.1%39
19. Containers, Damaged[a product quality report, not a sign in an animal]1.9%34
20. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]1.9%34
21. Death by euthanasia[the animal was euthanized]1.8%33
22. Depression[dull, quiet or withdrawn]1.8%32
23. Containers, Leaking[a product quality report, not a sign in an animal]1.6%30
24. Lethargy[unusually tired or inactive]1.6%30
25. Fever1.6%29
26. Residues in milk1.5%28
27. Vials, Leaking[a product quality report, not a sign in an animal]1.5%27
28. Lameness1.4%25
29. Injection site abscess[abscess where the injection was given]1.3%24
30. Vials, Damaged[a product quality report, not a sign in an animal]1.3%24

Pooled across every ingredient set and every report that names the ingredient. One report can list several terms and several drugs; a term here may relate to any of them or to none.

Monthly reports by species, five years

By month of receipt; each panel has its own scale. The newest months are incomplete because FDA posts reports with a delay of three to six months.

Outcomes, report types and ages

Coloured bar: reports naming oxytetracycline. Grey bar: all 1,357,245 reports. Outcomes are as stated by the reporter; FDA has not necessarily determined whether any product played a part.

In context

Shares of reports, not of animals treated: how many animals receive the ingredient is not public. Ingredients used in anaesthesia, cancer care or in old animals carry more serious outcomes in their reports for that reason alone.

Where this comes from. Counts are built from the openFDA Animal & Veterinary adverse event bulk files released 28 Sep 2026, which hold reports FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine received through 31 Mar 2026. openFDA masks brand and manufacturer names in these files, so drugs are counted by the active ingredients each record discloses and no figure is attributed to a brand, application or company. Ingredient names, and the separate reference lists of approved products, follow the FDA Green Book as of 1 Oct 2026. Ingredient names follow the Green Book; salts and forms are kept as FDA lists them. Drug entries are matched by the active ingredients their unmasked ingredient field discloses. No report text, lot numbers or reporter details are published. See the methodology and sources; FDA's record is authoritative, and corrections are handled within five working days.