July 2017: adverse 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 2 Oct 2026. The data have the reports that FDA received through 26 Jun 2026.

FDA received 7,428 adverse event reports for animal drugs in July 2017. It received 6,746 reports in July 2016. The average of the 12 months before July 2017 is 6,379 reports for each month.

Of the 7,428 reports, 76% are about dogs, 9.8% are about cats and 0.7% 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 2016 to Jan 2018. The column with the outline is July 2017.

Reports by species

Dog76%5,647
Cat9.8%730
Horse0.7%51
Other species, or species not given13.5%1,000

Drug pages with reports received in July 2017

The table has every drug page with 10 or more reports that FDA received in July 2017, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 74 drug pages.

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Drug pages with 10 or more reports received in July 2017, in order of name
Active ingredients	Reports received in July 2017
(S) - methoprene	32
Acepromazine Maleate	15
Afoxolaner	920
Amoxicillin + Clavulanate Potassium	16
Amoxicillin Trihydrate + Clavulanate Potassium	13
Buprenorphine	27
Butorphanol Tartrate	27
Carprofen	103
Cefovecin sodium	64
Cefpodoxime proxetil	21
Ceftiofur Crystalline Free Acid	13
Cephalexin	24
Cephapirin Sodium	21
Cyclosporine	51
Deracoxib	30
Dexamethasone	17
Dexamethasone + Neomycin Sulfate + Thiabendazole	13
Dexmedetomidine	13
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride	52
Diphenhydramine	33
Doxycycline	36
Emodepside + Praziquantel	47
Enrofloxacin	19
Estriol	12
Famotidine	15
Febantel + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate	68
Fenbendazole	10
Firocoxib	13
Florfenicol + Mometasone furoate + Terbinafine	38
Florfenicol + Terbinafine	34
Fluralaner	1,056
Furosemide	11
Gabapentin	35
Grapiprant	136
Imidacloprid	37
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin	208
Insulin	74
Isoflurane	16
Ivermectin	72
Ivermectin + Praziquantel	10
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate	953
Ketoconazole	15
Levothyroxine sodium	23
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime	211
Lufenuron + Praziquantel	72
Maropitant	65
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride	98
Meloxicam	44
Metronidazole	18
Milbemycin Oxime	101
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel	271
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad	935
Monensin	11
Moxidectin	165
Nitenpyram	278
Oclacitinib	332
Omeprazole	14
Pergolide mesylate	10
Pimobendan	27
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan	73
Praziquantel	147
Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate	28
Prednisolone	16
Prednisolone + Trimeprazine Tartrate	10
Prednisone	48
Pyrantel Pamoate	25
Rabacfosadine	14
Robenacoxib	13
Sarolaner	232
Selamectin	266
Spinosad	281
Tramadol	41
Trilostane	78
Tulathromycin	10

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 7,428 reports of the month.

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

Vomiting21%1,557 reports
Lethargy[unusually tired or inactive]9.5%707 reports
Lack of efficacy (flea)[the product did not have the expected effect: fleas]7.2%532 reports
Diarrhoea[diarrhea]7.1%527 reports
Ineffective, heartworm larvae[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (heartworm larvae)]5.6%413 reports
Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea[the product did not have the expected effect: fleas]3.5%260 reports
Anorexia[not eating]3.1%233 reports
Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - hookworm[the product did not have the expected effect: hookworms]3.1%228 reports
Unpalatable[legacy FDA term: the animal would not take it]3.1%228 reports
Seizure NOS[seizure, type not specified]2.7%197 reports
Lack of efficacy (tick)[the product did not have the expected effect: ticks]2.5%186 reports
Ineffective, hooks[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (hooks)]2.4%181 reports
Behavioural disorder NOS[behaviour change, type not specified]2.3%173 reports
Overdose[more than the labelled amount was given]2.3%172 reports

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Product Defect, General[a product quality report, not a sign in an animal]2.3%171 reports

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 10 or more reports received in July 2017, in order of name. It has 73 ingredients.

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Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. July 2017: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/month/2017-07/ 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 July 2017 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 1,557 reports of the 7,428 reports of July 2017 (21%).