March 2015: 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 2 Oct 2026. The data have the reports that FDA received through 26 Jun 2026.

FDA received 5,551 adverse event reports for animal drugs in March 2015. It received 5,032 reports in March 2014. The average of the 12 months before March 2015 is 5,657 reports for each month.

Of the 5,551 reports, 74.7% are about dogs, 9.2% 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, Sep 2013 to Sep 2015. The column with the outline is March 2015.

Reports by species

Dog74.7%4,146
Cat9.2%512
Horse1.1%61
Other species, or species not given15%832

Drug pages with reports received in March 2015

The table has every drug page with 10 or more reports that FDA received in March 2015, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 66 drug pages.

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Drug pages with 10 or more reports received in March 2015, in order of name
Active ingredients	Reports received in March 2015
(S) - methoprene	38
Acepromazine Maleate	11
Afoxolaner	313
Amoxicillin + Clavulanate Potassium	25
Atipamezole Hydrochloride	14
Buprenorphine	28
Butorphanol Tartrate	27
Carprofen	172
Cefovecin sodium	59
Cefpodoxime proxetil	17
Ceftiofur Crystalline Free Acid	11
Cephalexin	16
Cetirizine	11
Cyclosporine	84
Deracoxib	16
Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate	13
Dexmedetomidine	16
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride	31
Diphenhydramine	21
Doramectin	12
Emodepside + Praziquantel	23
Enrofloxacin	31
Eprinomectin	14
Estriol	14
Famotidine	16
Febantel + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate	34
Firocoxib	43
Fluralaner	219
Furosemide	11
Gentamicin Sulfate + Hydrocortisone aceponate + Miconazole Nitrate	34
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin	136
Insulin	83
Isoflurane	28
Ivermectin	93
Ivermectin + Praziquantel	12
Ivermectin + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate	113
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate	723
Ketamine Hydrochloride	18
Levothyroxine sodium	14
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime	193
Lufenuron + Praziquantel	59
Maropitant	56
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride	93
Meloxicam	33
Methylprednisolone Acetate	22
Miconazole Nitrate + Polymyxin B Sulfate + Prednisolone Acetate	16
Milbemycin Oxime	14
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad	1,450
Monensin	17
Moxidectin	155
Nitenpyram	69
Oclacitinib	97
Pimobendan	29
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan	33
Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate	33
Prednisolone + Trimeprazine Tartrate	14
Prednisone	17
Propofol	16
Pyrantel Pamoate	28
Robenacoxib	18
Selamectin	208
Spinosad	516
Tiletamine Hydrochloride	11
Tramadol	14
Trilostane	61
Tulathromycin	13

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 5,551 reports of the month.

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

Emesis[vomiting]16.1%892 reports
Lack of efficacy - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect]15.2%844 reports
Vomiting13.8%765 reports
Lethargy[unusually tired or inactive]10.4%576 reports
Ineffective, heartworm larvae[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (heartworm larvae)]7.4%408 reports
Diarrhoea[diarrhea]5.5%303 reports
Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea[the product did not have the expected effect: fleas]5%278 reports
Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - hookworm[the product did not have the expected effect: hookworms]4.6%257 reports
Digestive tract disorder NOS[digestive problem, type not specified]4.5%252 reports
Unpalatable[legacy FDA term: the animal would not take it]3.7%206 reports
Anorexia[not eating]3.6%199 reports
Cardiac disorder NOS[heart problem, type not specified]3.5%194 reports
Ineffective, ascarids NOS[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (ascarids nos)]3.4%191 reports
Uncoded sign[a sign with no matching dictionary term]3.3%183 reports

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Behavioural disorder NOS[behaviour change, type not specified]3.1%170 reports

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 10 or more reports received in March 2015, in order of name. It has 66 ingredients.

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Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. March 2015: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/month/2015-03/ Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, openFDA Animal and Veterinary adverse event reports, export of 30 Oct 2026. Reports received through 26 Jun 2026.

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 March 2015 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?: "Emesis" is in 892 reports of the 5,551 reports of March 2015 (16.1%).