Pet Drug Reports

Lymphopenia: in adverse event reports for animal drugs

Clinical sign, a VeDDRA term

In plain words: low lymphocyte count.

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.

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From July 1987 to June 2026, FDA received 3,347 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 428 reports that list this sign.

Of the 3,347 reports, 80.5% 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 191 of 1,149 clinical signs with a page. Reports that list this sign rose by 34.2% 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 80.5% of the reports that list this sign, and 72.6% of all reports.

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 82 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
Acepromazine Maleate22
Afoxolaner181
Afoxolaner + Moxidectin + Pyrantel Pamoate27
Amoxicillin56
Amoxicillin + Clavulanate Potassium38
Amoxicillin Trihydrate + Clavulanate Potassium46
Ampicillin Sodium27
Atipamezole Hydrochloride26
Bedinvetmab128
Buprenorphine97
Butorphanol Tartrate64
Capromorelin49
Carprofen342
Cefovecin sodium162
Cefpodoxime proxetil56
Cephalexin30
Clindamycin23
Cyclosporine113
Deracoxib117
Dexamethasone73
Dexmedetomidine34
Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride25
Diphenhydramine85
Doxycycline67
Enrofloxacin127
Famotidine88
Fentanyl24
Firocoxib81
Florfenicol + Mometasone furoate + Terbinafine24
Fluoxetine hydrochloride23
Fluralaner214
Frunevetmab49
Furosemide24
Gabapentin179
Grapiprant51
Ilunocitinib149
Imidacloprid22
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin24
Insulin26
Isoflurane48
Ivermectin50
Ivermectin + Pyrantel Pamoate146
Ketamine Hydrochloride26
Ketoconazole47
Lotilaner34
Lotilaner + Moxidectin + Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate21
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime25
Maropitant318
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride43
Meloxicam88
Methylprednisolone Acetate23
Metoclopramide23
Metronidazole103
Midazolam32
Milbemycin Oxime37
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel48
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad181
Mirtazapine34
Moxidectin141
Nitenpyram20
Oclacitinib445
Omeprazole43
Ondansetron50
Pimobendan21
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan49
Prednisolone44
Prednisolone + Trimeprazine Tartrate20
Prednisone161
Propofol34
Pyrantel Pamoate + Sarolaner42
Rabacfosadine23
Robenacoxib59
Sarolaner37
Selamectin64
Spinosad91
Sucralfate41
Toceranib Phosphate20
Tramadol63
Trazodone27
Trilostane117
Velagliflozin35
Verdinexor24

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 81 ingredients.

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Reports by species

The share is of the 3,347 reports that list this sign. The sign is in 0.3% of all reports about the species dog. The sign is in 0.4% 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 Lymphopenia, by the year in which FDA received them
YearReports
2026199
2025411
2024258
2023181
2022124
2021139
2020139
2019124
2018177
2017206
2016194
2015156
2014136
2013112
2012137
201174
201060
200959
200872
200780
200660
200558
200453
200324
200216
200112
200016
199919
199824
19974
19951
19921
19911
19902
19896
19889
19873

What these reports record

Outcome at the time of the report

  • Reports with this sign
  • All reports
  • Recovered/Normal8.6%289, All reports: 20.7%
  • Recovered with Sequela[recovered, with a lasting effect]2.1%69, All reports: 2.3%
  • Ongoing33.8%1,132, All reports: 17.4%
  • Died12.2%407, All reports: 4.9%
  • Euthanized12.3%412, All reports: 1.5%
  • Outcome Unknown18.2%609, All reports: 22.7%

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 3,347 reports that list this sign.

Age of the animal

  • Reports with this sign
  • All reports
  • Under 1 year4.5%151, All reports: 9.5%
  • 1 to 3 years12.1%406, All reports: 23.9%
  • 4 to 7 years28.1%941, All reports: 20.2%
  • 8 to 11 years32.9%1,101, All reports: 15.4%
  • 12 years and over21.5%719, All reports: 10.7%
  • Age not given0.9%29, All reports: 20.3%

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

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Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. Lymphopenia: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/reaction/lymphopenia/ 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: low lymphocyte count. 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 428 reports in the 12 months to June 2026. It received 319 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 2,663 reports that say if the event was serious, 70.4% 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