Drug profile

The FDA adverse-event record for Veterinary Diet

128 FDA reports name Veterinary Diet, a high-volume drug in the CVM extract. Species, reactions, and outcomes follow.

#686 of 2,679
by report volume (all drugs)
128
adverse-event reports
5.5%
death-coded share
Dog
most-reported species

Corpus placement

According to the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA adverse-event extract, Veterinary Diet ranks #685 of 2679 by total reports (128) and #762 of 1130 by death-coded share (5.5%). National dual: Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad is #1 of 2679 drugs by total adverse-event reports (149,624) at death-coded-share rank 965 of 1130 drugs with at least 50 reports (2.3%); separately, Atlantic Salmon Transgenic Whole (Opafp-Ghc2 Rdna Construct Inserted Into The A-Locus In The Eo-1A Lineage) is #1 highest death-coded share at 97.8% (report rank #821).

149,624
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad reports (#1)
97.8%
Atlantic Salmon Transgenic Whole (Opafp-Ghc2 Rdna Construct Inserted Into The A-Locus In The Eo-1A Lineage) death share (#1)
#685
This drug, reports of 2679
#762
This drug, death share of 1130

Report volume reflects how common a breed or drug is and how often owners and vets file — not actual risk. Death-coded share ranks are limited to entries with enough reports to be meaningful. The two maps do not agree at #1.

Release-over-release change

What changed in the latest FDA data snapshot

PlainBreed reconstructed the prior snapshot from dated openFDA partitions through 2025 Q4, then compared it with the 2026-07-27 openFDA export. Veterinary Diet has 128 reports now versus 127 in that prior snapshot: 1 more (0.8%).

Report change
+1
Death-coded reports
+0
Death-coded share
−0.0 pts

This compares reported-event counts in two source snapshots. It does not establish a change in real-world risk, product safety, or disease incidence.

Subscribe to Veterinary Diet changes

Signature read: 128 reports place Veterinary Diet in the upper third of FDA AER volume (#686 of 2,679).

Important: Adverse event reports do not establish that a drug caused or contributed to the event. Consult your veterinarian before making treatment decisions.
128
Total Reports
7
Deaths Reported
5.5%
Death-coded share of reports

Active Ingredients

Veterinary Diet

Administration Routes

OralUnknown

Species Affected

Dog 90
Cat 38

Most Affected Breeds

Domestic Shorthair 25
Retriever - Labrador 12
Shih Tzu 9
Schnauzer - Miniature 5
Domestic Longhair 4
Terrier - Yorkshire 4
Chihuahua 4
Retriever - Golden 4
Terrier - Bull - Staffordshire 3
Maltese 3

Most Reported Reactions

Vomiting 36
Emesis 22
Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in 'Neurological') 21
Diarrhoea 13
Not eating 13
Lack of efficacy - NOS 8
Weight loss 8
Other abnormal test result NOS 8
Behavioural disorder NOS 7
Anorexia 6
Death by euthanasia 6
Elevated serum alkaline phosphatase (SAP) 6

Outcome Breakdown

Recovered/Normal
53 (41.4%)
Outcome Unknown
39 (30.5%)
Ongoing
23 (18.0%)
Recovered with Sequela
6 (4.7%)
Euthanized
6 (4.7%)
Died
1 (0.8%)

Veterinary Diet: low death-coded share in the FDA AER row

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, a widely-prescribed drug will rack up more raw FDA reports in a given year than a rarely-used one at an identical true rate, so we recommend comparing within similar-exposure products rather than across the full 2025 catalog.

High-volume nationwide drug peers

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Veterinary Diet, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

What to do with this drug

A report does not prove a drug caused the reaction; consult a veterinarian before acting on this data.

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (CVM AER) · 2025

openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (FDA CVM) for Veterinary Diet (#686 of 2,679 by report volume); death-coded 5.5%. PlainBreed drug row · report volume stamp 128 · vintage 2025.

Informational only. FDA adverse-event reports are voluntary and do not prove causation; consult a veterinarian before acting on them. Verify with FDA CVM →