Pet Drug Reports

July 2009: 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 3,858 adverse event reports for animal drugs in July 2009. It received 3,453 reports in July 2008. The average of the 12 months before July 2009 is 3,149 reports for each month.

Of the 3,858 reports, 72.6% are about dogs, 11% are about cats and 0.9% 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, Jan 2008 to Jan 2010. The column with the outline is July 2009.

Reports by species

  • Dog72.6%2,799
  • Cat11%423
  • Horse0.9%34
  • Other species, or species not given15.6%602

Drug pages with reports received in July 2009

The table has every drug page with 10 or more reports that FDA received in July 2009, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 39 drug pages.

Show the 39 drug pages
Drug pages with 10 or more reports received in July 2009, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports received in July 2009
Amoxicillin169
Atipamezole Hydrochloride10
Betamethasone Valerate + Clotrimazole + Gentamicin Sulfate10
Carprofen150
Cefovecin sodium57
Ceftiofur Sodium12
Clorsulon + Ivermectin11
Clotrimazole + Gentamicin Sulfate + Mometasone Furoate Monohydrate33
Cyclosporine95
Deracoxib64
Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate10
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride34
Dirlotapide73
Emodepside + Praziquantel39
Enrofloxacin29
Fenbendazole30
Firocoxib62
Fluoxetine hydrochloride20
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin131
Insulin21
Ivermectin58
Ivermectin + Praziquantel10
Ivermectin + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate51
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate746
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime127
Maropitant34
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride105
Meloxicam119
Milbemycin Oxime345
Monensin15
Moxidectin16
Nitenpyram27
Pimobendan23
Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate22
Propofol10
Pyrantel Pamoate12
Selamectin333
Spinosad422
Toceranib Phosphate18

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 3,858 reports of the month.

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

  1. Ineffective, heartworm larvae[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (heartworm larvae)]16.9%652 reports
  2. Vomiting15.5%599 reports
  3. Depression[dull, quiet or withdrawn]11.9%461 reports
  4. Anorexia[not eating]9.6%371 reports
  5. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]6.9%266 reports
  6. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - hookworm[the product did not have the expected effect: hookworms]6.4%245 reports
  7. Death4.2%162 reports
  8. Accidental exposure[exposure that was not intended]4%154 reports
  9. Color, Abnormal[a product quality report, not a sign in an animal]3.4%132 reports
  10. Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea[the product did not have the expected effect: fleas]3.4%132 reports
  11. Convulsion[seizure]3.4%131 reports
  12. Ataxia[unsteady, uncoordinated movement]3.2%124 reports
  13. Death by euthanasia[the animal was euthanized]2.8%107 reports
  14. Elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT)[a liver enzyme above the normal range]2.7%103 reports
Show the next 1 signs
  1. Hypersalivation[drooling]2.5%97 reports

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 10 or more reports received in July 2009, in order of name. It has 39 ingredients.

Show the 39 ingredients

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Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. July 2009: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/month/2009-07/ 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 July 2009 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?

"Ineffective, heartworm larvae" is in 652 reports of the 3,858 reports of July 2009 (16.9%).