Pet Drug Reports

January 2019: 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 5,478 adverse event reports for animal drugs in January 2019. It received 4,841 reports in January 2018. The average of the 12 months before January 2019 is 5,925 reports for each month.

Of the 5,478 reports, 65.1% are about dogs, 8.8% 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, Jul 2017 to Jul 2019. The column with the outline is January 2019.

Reports by species

  • Dog65.1%3,568
  • Cat8.8%484
  • Horse0.7%39
  • Other species, or species not given25.3%1,387

Drug pages with reports received in January 2019

The table has every drug page with 10 or more reports that FDA received in January 2019, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 76 drug pages.

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Drug pages with 10 or more reports received in January 2019, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports received in January 2019
(S) - methoprene11
Acepromazine Maleate14
Afoxolaner288
Amoxicillin Trihydrate + Clavulanate Potassium613
Buprenorphine20
Butorphanol Tartrate14
Capromorelin16
Carprofen94
Cefovecin sodium65
Cefpodoxime proxetil23
Cyclosporine46
Deracoxib14
Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate18
Dexamethasone23
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride14
Diphenhydramine39
Doramectin36
Doxycycline27
Emodepside + Praziquantel46
Enrofloxacin23
Eprinomectin18
Eprinomectin + Praziquantel14
Famotidine23
Febantel + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate57
Firocoxib14
Florfenicol + Mometasone furoate + Terbinafine42
Florfenicol + Terbinafine32
Fluralaner435
Furosemide10
Gabapentin40
Grapiprant115
Hydromorphone10
Imidacloprid21
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin96
Insulin76
Isoflurane15
Ivermectin59
Ivermectin + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate15
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate811
Ketamine Hydrochloride11
Ketoconazole10
Levothyroxine sodium12
Lotilaner45
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime145
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel80
Maropitant98
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride98
Meloxicam46
Metronidazole22
Milbemycin Oxime42
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel294
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad497
Mirtazapine18
Monensin14
Moxidectin261
Nitenpyram56
Oclacitinib176
Omeprazole16
Pimobendan25
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan19
Praziquantel30
Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate23
Prednisolone18
Prednisone53
Propofol16
Pyrantel Pamoate25
Robenacoxib16
Sarolaner164
Selamectin142
Sodium Chloride49
Spinosad84
Telmisartan15
Tramadol31
Trazodone12
Trilostane109
Tulathromycin17

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 5,478 reports of the month.

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

  1. Vomiting16%874 reports
  2. Color, Abnormal[a product quality report, not a sign in an animal]11.4%624 reports
  3. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - heartworm[the product did not have the expected effect: heartworm]8.8%483 reports
  4. Lethargy[unusually tired or inactive]7.1%390 reports
  5. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]4.8%264 reports
  6. Ineffective, hooks[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (hooks)]4.5%244 reports
  7. Lack of efficacy - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect]2.6%142 reports
  8. Seizure NOS[seizure, type not specified]2.5%139 reports
  9. Lack of efficacy (endoparasite) - roundworm NOS[the product did not have the expected effect: roundworms]2.5%138 reports
  10. Product problem[a product quality report, not a sign in an animal]2.3%124 reports
  11. Anorexia[not eating]2.2%119 reports
  12. Suspension, Abnormal[a product quality report, not a sign in an animal]2.2%119 reports
  13. Closure, Abnormal[a product quality report, not a sign in an animal]2.1%115 reports
  14. Death2.1%114 reports
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  1. Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea[the product did not have the expected effect: fleas]2%112 reports

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 10 or more reports received in January 2019, in order of name. It has 75 ingredients.

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The same month in other years

Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. January 2019: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/month/2019-01/ 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 January 2019 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 874 reports of the 5,478 reports of January 2019 (16%).