Vitamin-Mineral

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48 adverse event reports submitted to the FDA

Important: Adverse event reports do not establish that a drug caused or contributed to the event. Consult your veterinarian before making treatment decisions.
48
Total Reports
5
Deaths Reported
1040.0%
Death Rate

Active Ingredients

Vitamin-Mineral

Administration Routes

UnknownOralSubcutaneousIntravenous

Species Affected

Dog 36
Cat 9
Cattle 2
Human 1

Most Affected Breeds

Domestic Shorthair 7
Retriever - Golden 4
Shih Tzu 4
Retriever - Labrador 3
Dog (unknown) 3
Cattle Dog - Australian (blue heeler, red heeler, Queensland cattledog) 2
Terrier - Yorkshire 2
Shepherd Dog - German 2
Spaniel - King Charles Cavalier 2
Domestic Longhair 1

Most Reported Reactions

Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in 'Neurological') 7
Vomiting 6
Behavioural disorder NOS 6
Diarrhoea 5
Decreased appetite 5
Anorexia 4
Loose stool 4
Lack of efficacy - NOS 4
Anaemia NOS 3
Not eating 3
Death by euthanasia 3
Ataxia 3

Outcome Breakdown

Outcome Unknown
24 (50.0%)
Ongoing
16 (33.3%)
Euthanized
3 (6.3%)
Recovered/Normal
3 (6.3%)
Died
2 (4.2%)

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total adverse event reports 48
Reports involving death 5
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 1040.0%
Distinct species in reports 4
Distinct breeds in reports 20
Distinct reactions reported 20
Active ingredients on file 1

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER). Counts reflect voluntary reports only.

Vitamin-Mineral Adverse Event Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently holds 48 adverse event reports referencing Vitamin-Mineral, including 5 reports in which the animal died — a 1040.0% case-fatality figure among reported events only, not a population-level mortality rate. Active ingredient on file: Vitamin-Mineral. Reported administration routes include Unknown, Oral, Subcutaneous, Intravenous. These numbers reflect voluntary submissions from pet owners, veterinarians, and manufacturers and therefore under-represent mild events and over-represent severe ones — a pattern the FDA has documented repeatedly for pharmacovigilance datasets.

The species most frequently named in Vitamin-Mineral reports are Dog (36 reports), Cat (9 reports), Cattle (2 reports), with Dog accounting for the largest share. Within those species, Domestic Shorthair (7), Retriever - Golden (4), Shih Tzu (4) appear most often — though breed popularity and ownership density shape these counts as much as any drug-specific sensitivity. This distribution matters because the same active ingredient can behave very differently across body sizes, ages, and species physiology.

The most commonly reported clinical signs associated with Vitamin-Mineral are Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in 'Neurological') (7), Vomiting (6), Behavioural disorder NOS (6), Diarrhoea (5). Of the 48 reports with a coded outcome, Outcome Unknown is the leading category at 50.0%. Because FDA adverse event data describes correlation rather than causation, these figures are best used to frame informed questions with a veterinarian and to compare reporting patterns across related products — not as a standalone safety verdict on Vitamin-Mineral.

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reports FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reports Data reflects voluntary submissions and may not represent actual incidence rates

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Data sourced from official AKC, AVMA, ACVO, and breed-club veterinary references. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBreed Editorial