Cat: adverse event reports for animal drugs

Drug pages with reports about cats

The table has every drug page with 20 or more reports about cats, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 181 drug pages.

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Signs that the reports 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 151,153 reports about cats that list the sign.

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

1. Vomiting12.4%18,708 reports
2. Lethargy[unusually tired or inactive]9.7%14,661 reports
3. Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - flea[the product did not have the expected effect: fleas]7.6%11,414 reports
4. Anorexia[not eating]7.2%10,926 reports
5. Application site alopecia[hair loss where the product was applied]6.1%9,247 reports
6. Death5.4%8,151 reports
7. Application site hair loss[hair loss where the product was applied]5.3%8,021 reports
8. Lack of efficacy - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect]4.8%7,288 reports
9. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]4.8%7,243 reports
10. Behavioural disorder NOS[behaviour change, type not specified]4.5%6,877 reports
11. Weight loss4.5%6,828 reports
12. Ataxia[unsteady, uncoordinated movement]4.4%6,670 reports
13. Hypersalivation[drooling]4.1%6,186 reports
14. Depression[dull, quiet or withdrawn]4.1%6,135 reports

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Reports by month and by year

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.

What the reports record

Each share of age, weight and kind is of the 151,153 reports about cats. The thin bar is the same share in all 1,378,761 reports.

Ingredients, all combinations

The list has every active ingredient with 20 or more reports about cats, in order of name. It has 175 ingredients.

Breeds with a page

• Abyssinian cat
• American Curl Shorthair
• American Shorthair
• Bengal
• Bombay
• British cat
• Burmese
• Domestic Longhair
• Domestic Mediumhair
• Domestic Shorthair
• Himalayan
• Maine Coon
• Manx
• Norwegian Forest
• Persian
• Ragdoll
• Russian
• Siamese
• Siberian
• Sphynx
• Tonkinese

A breed has a page when 100 or more reports give that one breed. Reports about crossbred animals are in the species count only.

Cite this page

Pet Drug Reports. Cat: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/species/cat/ 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

Questions about these reports

What ages are the cats in the reports?

The figures are shares of the 151,153 reports about cats received from January 1987 to June 2026. 20% give an age of 12 years and over. 19.7% give an age of 1 to 3 years. 12.8% give no age.

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

FDA received 12,213 reports in the 12 months to June 2026. It received 13,649 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.

What kinds of report are in the count?

Of the 151,153 reports received from January 1987 to June 2026, 83.9% are about a safety issue only. 14% are about a lack of expected effectiveness, alone or with a safety issue. 2% are about a defect of the product or its package.

Do more reports for cats show a higher risk for cats?

No. FDA states 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.

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