Pet Drug Reports

October 2008adverse event reports that FDA received

Month in which FDA received the reports

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 . The data have the reports that FDA received through .

FDA received 3,113 adverse event reports for animal drugs in October 2008. It received 2,613 reports in October 2007. The average of the 12 months before October 2008 is 2,760 reports for each month.

Of the 3,113 reports, 73% are about dogs, 11.3% are about cats and 1.6% are about horses. The other reports are about other species, or give no species. A report is not proof that a drug caused a sign.

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The months before and after

Reports for each month, Apr 2007 to Apr 2009. The column with the outline is October 2008.

Reports by species

  • Dog73%2,271
  • Cat11.3%352
  • Horse1.6%50
  • Other species, or species not given14.1%440

Drug pages with reports received in October 2008

The table has every drug page with 10 or more reports that FDA received in October 2008, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 41 drug pages.

Show the 41 drug pages
Drug pages with 10 or more reports received in October 2008, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports received in October 2008
Amitraz10
Amoxicillin31
Carprofen156
Cefovecin sodium68
Cefpodoxime proxetil12
Ceftiofur Hydrochloride30
Clomipramine Hydrochloride11
Clorsulon + Ivermectin12
Clotrimazole + Gentamicin Sulfate + Mometasone Furoate Monohydrate17
Cyclosporine122
Deracoxib46
Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate12
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride15
Dirlotapide24
Emodepside + Praziquantel19
Enrofloxacin11
Fenbendazole27
Firocoxib63
Fluoxetine hydrochloride22
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin69
Insulin16
Ivermectin50
Ivermectin + Praziquantel21
Ivermectin + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate37
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate521
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime92
Maropitant41
Medetomidine11
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride77
Meloxicam88
Milbemycin Oxime233
Monensin11
Moxidectin16
Nitenpyram52
Pimobendan21
Pyrantel Pamoate10
Selamectin258
Spinosad435
Tiletamine Hydrochloride + Zolazepam Hydrochloride12
Triamcinolone Acetonide13
Tulathromycin21

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 of the month 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 3,113 reports of the month.

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

  1. Vomiting19.6%611 reports
  2. Ineffective, heartworm larvae[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (heartworm larvae)]15.5%483 reports
  3. Anorexia[not eating]8.6%269 reports
  4. Depression[dull, quiet or withdrawn]8.4%260 reports
  5. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]6.4%199 reports
  6. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - hookworm[the product did not have the expected effect: hookworms]5.5%171 reports
  7. Death4.8%149 reports
  8. Ineffective, ascarids NOS[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (ascarids nos)]3.2%101 reports
  9. Accidental exposure[exposure that was not intended]3.1%98 reports
  10. Pruritus[itching]3%93 reports
  11. Convulsion[seizure]2.9%89 reports
  12. Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea[the product did not have the expected effect: fleas]2.7%85 reports
  13. Elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT)[a liver enzyme above the normal range]2.5%79 reports
  14. Ataxia[unsteady, uncoordinated movement]2.3%73 reports
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  1. Hypersalivation[drooling]2.1%65 reports

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 10 or more reports received in October 2008, in order of name. It has 42 ingredients.

Show the 42 ingredients

The same month in other years

Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. October 2008: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/month/2008-10/ 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 month is the month in which FDA received the report, not the month of the event.

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 this month

Can the count for October 2008 change?

Yes. 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.

Does the month show when the event occurred?

No. The month is the month in which FDA received the report. The event can be from an earlier month.

Which sign is in the largest number of the reports of the month?

"Vomiting" is in 611 reports of the 3,113 reports of October 2008 (19.6%).