Pet Drug Reports

Drug administration errorin adverse event reports for animal drugs

Clinical sign, a VeDDRA term

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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 .

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From March 1987 to June 2023, FDA received 4,798 adverse event reports for animal drugs that list this sign. That is 0.4% of the 1,378,761 reports that FDA received from January 1987 to June 2026. In the 12 months to June 2026, FDA received no reports that list this sign.

Of the 4,798 reports, 76.4% are about dogs. A report can list more than one sign and more than one drug. A report is not proof that a drug caused a sign.

By number of reports in all years, this sign is number 137 of 1,149 clinical signs with a page. Fewer than 20 reports listed this sign in the 12 months before June 2026, so this page gives no change. Reports about cats are 16.4% of the reports that list this sign, and 11% of all reports.

Search engines list a sign page with 3,000 reports or more in all years. The page also needs 300 reports or more in the 12 months to June 2026. This page is under one of these numbers. The site keeps the page and keeps it out of search engines.

Drug pages with reports that list this sign

The table has every drug page with 20 or more reports that list this sign, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 39 drug pages.

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Drug pages with 20 or more reports that list this sign, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports that list the sign
Afoxolaner85
Amoxicillin21
Atipamezole Hydrochloride63
Butorphanol Tartrate86
Carprofen87
Cefovecin sodium24
Cyclosporine25
Deracoxib21
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride78
Dirlotapide56
Emodepside + Praziquantel63
Febantel + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate76
Firocoxib24
Fluralaner1,610
Imidacloprid28
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin230
Insulin135
Ivermectin63
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate98
Ketamine Hydrochloride53
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime50
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel46
Maropitant28
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride46
Meloxicam42
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel28
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad226
Moxidectin42
Nitenpyram147
Oclacitinib277
Pimobendan27
Praziquantel27
Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate120
Prednisone27
Pyrantel Pamoate37
Sarolaner24
Selamectin262
Spinosad199
Trilostane29

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. A report can name more than one drug.

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.

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. Source: Adverse Event Reports for Animal Drugs and Devices

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 20 or more reports that list this sign, in order of name. It has 36 ingredients.

Show the 36 ingredients

Reports by species

The share is of the 4,798 reports that list this sign. The sign is in 0.4% of all reports about the species dog. The sign is in 0.5% of all reports about the species cat.

Reports by month and by year

Reports for each month, Jul 2021 to Jun 2026. The month is the month in which FDA received the report.

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.

Reports that list Drug administration error, by the year in which FDA received them
YearReports
2023290
2022614
2021428
2020591
2019625
2018659
2017554
2016204
2015194
201445
201354
201269
201156
201037
200953
200850
200717
200625
200522
200414
20038
20029
200154
200071
199937
199813
19974
19871

What these reports record

Outcome at the time of the report

  • Reports with this sign
  • All reports
  • Recovered/Normal25.3%1,215
  • Recovered with Sequela[recovered, with a lasting effect]1.3%61
  • Ongoing35.9%1,723
  • Died3.6%171
  • Euthanized1.6%78
  • Outcome Unknown24.1%1,154

An outcome in a report is not proof that the drug caused it. The person who sends the report gives the outcome. Each share is of the 4,798 reports that list this sign.

Age of the animal

  • Reports with this sign
  • All reports
  • Under 1 year21.1%1,011
  • 1 to 3 years22.8%1,092
  • 4 to 7 years18.7%898
  • 8 to 11 years15.8%758
  • 12 years and over10.7%511
  • Age not given11%528

The outcome is for the full report, not for this sign only.

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Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. Drug administration error: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/reaction/drug-administration-error/ 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 site counts the different spellings of one VeDDRA term together.

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 sign

What does this term mean in a report?

It is a term from VeDDRA, the list of terms that FDA and drug companies use to code a report. The person who coded the report selected the term.

How does the count of the latest 12 months compare with the 12 months before?

FDA received no reports in the 12 months to June 2026. It received no reports in the 12 months before. 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.

How many of these reports have a serious flag?

Of the 4,288 reports that say if the event was serious, 38.6% have the serious flag. The person who sends a report sets the flag.

Does a drug in the table cause this sign?

The reports do not show that. A report can name more than one drug. FDA states this about the data.

When looking at the results, be aware that there is no certainty that the reported drug or device caused the adverse event.

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. Source: Adverse Event Reports for Animal Drugs and Devices