Pet Drug Reports

April 2011: 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 4,092 adverse event reports for animal drugs in April 2011. It received 3,691 reports in April 2010. The average of the 12 months before April 2011 is 3,565 reports for each month.

Of the 4,092 reports, 78% are about dogs, 7.3% are about cats and 1.5% 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, Oct 2009 to Oct 2011. The column with the outline is April 2011.

Reports by species

  • Dog78%3,191
  • Cat7.3%297
  • Horse1.5%62
  • Other species, or species not given13.2%542

Drug pages with reports received in April 2011

The table has every drug page with 10 or more reports that FDA received in April 2011, 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 April 2011, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports received in April 2011
Amoxicillin41
Atipamezole Hydrochloride11
Butorphanol Tartrate10
Carprofen128
Cefovecin sodium39
Clotrimazole + Gentamicin Sulfate + Mometasone Furoate Monohydrate13
Cyclosporine59
Deracoxib52
Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate10
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride28
Dirlotapide18
Emodepside + Praziquantel29
Enrofloxacin25
Febantel + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate11
Fenbendazole25
Firocoxib53
Fluoxetine hydrochloride18
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin127
Insulin17
Ivermectin49
Ivermectin + Praziquantel16
Ivermectin + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate36
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate641
Ketamine Hydrochloride26
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime117
Maropitant33
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride102
Meloxicam62
Milbemycin Oxime269
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad465
Monensin16
Moxidectin56
Nitenpyram28
Pimobendan10
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan10
Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate17
Pyrantel Pamoate13
Selamectin244
Spinosad818
Tiletamine Hydrochloride + Zolazepam Hydrochloride10
Tulathromycin10

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 4,092 reports of the month.

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

  1. Vomiting27.3%1,119 reports
  2. Ineffective, heartworm larvae[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (heartworm larvae)]13.5%552 reports
  3. Depression[dull, quiet or withdrawn]10.3%421 reports
  4. Anorexia[not eating]7.4%304 reports
  5. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]5.7%232 reports
  6. Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea[the product did not have the expected effect: fleas]5.4%220 reports
  7. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - hookworm[the product did not have the expected effect: hookworms]4.7%194 reports
  8. Accidental exposure[exposure that was not intended]4.2%170 reports
  9. Death3.6%149 reports
  10. Pruritus[itching]3.6%146 reports
  11. Ineffective, ascarids NOS[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (ascarids nos)]3.5%143 reports
  12. Convulsion[seizure]2.6%107 reports
  13. Ataxia[unsteady, uncoordinated movement]2.6%106 reports
  14. Unpalatable[legacy FDA term: the animal would not take it]2.4%97 reports
Show the next 1 signs
  1. Death by euthanasia[the animal was euthanized]2%81 reports

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 10 or more reports received in April 2011, in order of name. It has 41 ingredients.

Show the 41 ingredients

The same month in other years

Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. April 2011: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/month/2011-04/ 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 April 2011 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 1,119 reports of the 4,092 reports of April 2011 (27.3%).