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Goatadverse event reports for animal drugs

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From January 1987 to June 2026, FDA received 841 adverse event reports about goats for animal drugs. That is under 0.1% of the 1,378,761 reports that FDA received from January 1987 to June 2026.

In the 12 months to June 2026, FDA received 29 reports about goats. The signs that appear in the largest number of the 841 reports are "Death", "No sign" and "Diarrhoea". A report is not proof that a drug caused a sign.

Since the last update of the FDA data

The site recorded an update of the FDA data on . 2 drug pages with reports about goats have a different count. Open the update

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Drug pages with reports about goats

The table has every drug page with 20 or more reports about goats, in order of name. No count decides which drug is in the table. The table has 11 drug pages.

Drug pages with 20 or more reports about goats, in order of name
Active ingredientsReports about goats
Albendazole70
Doramectin26
Fenbendazole43
Florfenicol31
Ivermectin75
Monensin82
Moxidectin95
Oxytetracycline27
Progesterone21
Tilmicosin Phosphate62
Tulathromycin29

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

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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 841 reports about goats that list the sign.

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

  1. Death39.6%333 reports
  2. No sign[no clinical sign was reported]7.4%62 reports
  3. Diarrhoea[diarrhea]6.4%54 reports
  4. Recumbency[lying down and unable or unwilling to rise]6.2%52 reports
  5. Vocalisation[crying out or unusual noise]6.2%52 reports
  6. Lack of efficacy - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect]5.7%48 reports
  7. Anorexia[not eating]5.2%44 reports
  8. Depression[dull, quiet or withdrawn]5.2%44 reports
  9. Ataxia[unsteady, uncoordinated movement]5.1%43 reports
  10. Abortion3.8%32 reports
  11. Accidental exposure[exposure that was not intended]3.8%32 reports
  12. Lack of efficacy (bacteria) - NOS[the product did not have the expected effect: target not specified]3.1%26 reports
  13. Ineffective, parasite(s) NOS[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (parasite(s) nos)]3%25 reports
  14. Collapse2.9%24 reports
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  1. Lethargy[unusually tired or inactive]2.9%24 reports
  2. Hypersalivation[drooling]2.4%20 reports
  3. Ineffective, worms NOS[legacy FDA term: the product did not have the expected effect (worms nos)]2.4%20 reports
  4. Injection site pain[pain where the injection was given]2.4%20 reports
  5. Lack of efficacy (protozoa) - Coccidia[the product did not have the expected effect: coccidia]2.4%20 reports
  6. Residues in milk2.3%19 reports
  7. Anaphylaxis[sudden severe allergic-type reaction]2.1%18 reports
  8. Death by euthanasia[the animal was euthanized]2.1%18 reports
  9. Convulsion[seizure]1.9%16 reports
  10. Drug administration error1.8%15 reports
  11. Dyspnoea[difficulty breathing]1.7%14 reports
  12. Residues in meat/offal1.7%14 reports
  13. Trembling1.7%14 reports
  14. Inappropriate preparation of medication1.5%13 reports
  15. Overdose[more than the labelled amount was given]1.5%13 reports
  16. Blindness1.4%12 reports

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Reports by month and by year

Reports about goats 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 about goats, by the year in which FDA received them
YearReports
20269
202529
202433
202325
202222
202122
202027
201922
201815
201732
201625
201533
201432
201320
201235
201127
201037
200932
200848
200736
200647
200536
200429
200320
200218
200118
200017
199919
199815
199712
199614
19957
19947
19935
19921
19911
19901
19894
19885
19874

What the reports record

Age of the animal

  • Under 1 year20.6%173
  • 1 to 3 years16.5%139
  • 4 to 7 years5.1%43
  • 8 to 11 years1.5%13
  • 12 years and over0.4%3
  • Age not given55.9%470

Weight of the animal

  • Under 5 kg (11 lb)3.2%27
  • 5 to 9.9 kg (11 to 22 lb)4.5%38
  • 10 to 24.9 kg (22 to 55 lb)14%118
  • 25 to 44.9 kg (55 to 99 lb)10.2%86
  • 45 kg and over (99 lb and over)16.6%140
  • Weight not given51.4%432

Outcome at the time of the report

  • Reports about goats
  • All reports
  • Recovered/Normal8.1%68
  • Recovered with Sequela[recovered, with a lasting effect]0.5%4
  • Ongoing4%34
  • Died44.1%371
  • Euthanized1.3%11
  • Outcome Unknown18.8%158

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 841 reports about goats.

Kind of report

  • Reports about goats
  • All reports
  • Safety issue87.4%735
  • Lack of expected effectiveness4.9%41
  • Both safety and lack of expected effectiveness6.5%55
  • Manufacturing or product defect1.2%10
  • Other0%0

Each share of age, weight and kind is of the 841 reports about goats. 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 goats, in order of name. It has 11 ingredients.

Breeds with a page

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. Goat: adverse event reports for animal drugs. https://petdrugreports.com/species/goat/ Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, openFDA Animal and Veterinary adverse event reports, export of . Reports received through .

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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 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 these reports

What ages are the goats in the reports?

The figures are shares of the 841 reports about goats received from January 1987 to June 2026. 20.6% give an age of under 1 year. 16.5% give an age of 1 to 3 years. 55.9% give no age.

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

FDA received 29 reports in the 12 months to June 2026. It received 31 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 841 reports received from January 1987 to June 2026, 87.4% are about a safety issue only. 11.4% are about a lack of expected effectiveness, alone or with a safety issue. 1.2% are about a defect of the product or its package.

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

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