Pet Drug Reports

Haematocheziain adverse event reports for animal drugs

Clinical sign, a VeDDRA term

In plain words: fresh blood in the stool.

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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 February 1987 to June 2026, FDA received 2,356 adverse event reports for animal drugs that list this sign. That is 0.2% of the 1,378,761 reports that FDA received from January 1987 to June 2026. In the 12 months to June 2026, FDA received 64 reports that list this sign.

Of the 2,356 reports, 92% 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 243 of 1,149 clinical signs with a page. Reports that list this sign fell by 20.0% in the 12 months to June 2026, compared with the 12 months before. Reports for all animal drugs fell by 4.6% in the same periods. The newest months can get more reports in a later update. Reports about dogs are 92% of the reports that list this sign, and 72.6% of all reports.

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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 37 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
Afoxolaner49
Amoxicillin21
Buprenorphine27
Butorphanol Tartrate28
Carprofen463
Cefovecin sodium22
Cyclosporine52
Deracoxib191
Diphenhydramine28
Enrofloxacin20
Etodolac59
Famotidine28
Fenbendazole45
Firocoxib83
Fluralaner34
Gabapentin48
Grapiprant32
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin24
Ivermectin24
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate112
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime43
Maropitant90
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride64
Meloxicam126
Metronidazole31
Milbemycin Oxime112
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad40
Moxidectin97
Oclacitinib29
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan26
Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate31
Prednisone27
Pyrantel Pamoate59
Selamectin78
Spinosad39
Sucralfate21
Tepoxalin36

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 2,356 reports that list this sign. The sign is in 0.2% of all reports about the species dog. The sign is in 0.1% 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 Haematochezia, by the year in which FDA received them
YearReports
202631
202576
202470
202344
202227
202128
202027
201945
201853
201772
201641
201543
201436
201339
201265
2011110
2010165
2009193
2008160
2007144
2006112
2005103
2004143
200388
200245
200162
2000108
199994
199865
199718
19968
199512
19943
19932
19922
19912
19898
19886
19876

What these reports record

Outcome at the time of the report

  • Reports with this sign
  • All reports
  • Recovered/Normal7%165
  • Recovered with Sequela[recovered, with a lasting effect]0.5%11
  • Ongoing8.6%202
  • Died17.1%402
  • Euthanized2.9%69
  • Outcome Unknown6.7%159

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 2,356 reports that list this sign.

Age of the animal

  • Reports with this sign
  • All reports
  • Under 1 year10.7%251
  • 1 to 3 years19.1%451
  • 4 to 7 years21.9%516
  • 8 to 11 years24.2%570
  • 12 years and over18.1%426
  • Age not given6%142

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

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Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. Haematochezia: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/reaction/haematochezia/ 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?

In plain words: fresh blood in the stool. 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 64 reports in the 12 months to June 2026. It received 80 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 627 reports that say if the event was serious, 69.9% 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