Pet Drug Reports

November 2008: adverse event reports that FDA received

Month in which FDA received the reports

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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 2,421 adverse event reports for animal drugs in November 2008. It received 2,212 reports in November 2007. The average of the 12 months before November 2008 is 2,802 reports for each month.

Of the 2,421 reports, 74.6% are about dogs, 10% are about cats and 1.1% 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, May 2007 to May 2009. The column with the outline is November 2008.

Reports by species

  • Dog74.6%1,807
  • Cat10%241
  • Horse1.1%27
  • Other species, or species not given14.3%346

Drug pages with reports received in November 2008

The table has every drug page with 10 or more reports that FDA received in November 2008, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 37 drug pages.

Show the 37 drug pages
Drug pages with 10 or more reports received in November 2008, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports received in November 2008
Amitraz10
Amoxicillin26
Carprofen107
Cefovecin sodium51
Ceftiofur Hydrochloride13
Clotrimazole + Gentamicin Sulfate + Mometasone Furoate Monohydrate14
Copper Naphthenate21
Cyclosporine103
Deracoxib48
Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate10
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride12
Dirlotapide24
Doramectin19
Emodepside + Praziquantel15
Enrofloxacin11
Fenbendazole17
Firocoxib52
Fluoxetine hydrochloride12
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin45
Insulin21
Ivermectin48
Ivermectin + Praziquantel13
Ivermectin + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate23
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate396
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime69
Maropitant32
Medetomidine13
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride55
Meloxicam81
Milbemycin Oxime221
Monensin11
Moxidectin13
Nitenpyram23
Pimobendan11
Selamectin197
Spinosad319
Tulathromycin15

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 2,421 reports of the month.

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

  1. Vomiting18.7%452 reports
  2. Ineffective, heartworm larvae[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (heartworm larvae)]16.2%393 reports
  3. Depression[dull, quiet or withdrawn]11.2%271 reports
  4. Anorexia[not eating]8.6%207 reports
  5. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]6.7%162 reports
  6. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - hookworm[the product did not have the expected effect: hookworms]6%145 reports
  7. Accidental exposure[exposure that was not intended]4.7%114 reports
  8. Death4.5%108 reports
  9. Ineffective, ascarids NOS[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (ascarids nos)]3.8%92 reports
  10. Elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN)[a kidney value above the normal range]3.4%83 reports
  11. Ataxia[unsteady, uncoordinated movement]3.3%79 reports
  12. Elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT)[a liver enzyme above the normal range]3.2%77 reports
  13. Elevated creatinine[a kidney value above the normal range]3%72 reports
  14. Pruritus[itching]2.8%67 reports
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  1. Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea[the product did not have the expected effect: fleas]2.7%66 reports

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 10 or more reports received in November 2008, in order of name. It has 38 ingredients.

Show the 38 ingredients

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Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. November 2008: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/month/2008-11/ 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 November 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 452 reports of the 2,421 reports of November 2008 (18.7%).