Reaction profile
The FDA adverse-event record for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
57 FDA reports name small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, a lower-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 2565). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.
- #1679 of 2,481
- by report volume (all reactions)
- 57
- reports citing this reaction
- 7.0%
- death-coded share
- Dog
- most-affected species
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. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth has 57 reports now versus 56 in that prior snapshot: 1 more (1.8%).
- Report change
- +1
- Death-coded reports
- +0
- Death-coded share
- −0.1 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.
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Code 2565 VOL-LOW
VOL-LOW · DEATH-PAR · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL
- VOL-LOW 57 reports
- DEATH-PAR 7.0%
- MID-PACK #1679/2481
- PHOTO-FINISH Atrial fibrillation
- SPECIES-DOG Dog · 49
- DRUG-LEAD Ivermectin + Pyra… · 12
- DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
- BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields
Nearest volume peer: Atrial fibrillation (±0 reports)
Instrument codes from this reaction’s FDA CVM adverse-event extract: volume band, death-coded share, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead species, lead drug, breed desk, and book completeness. Not a clinical diagnosis.
Lower-volume neighbourhood around Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
Lower-third volume poles plus nearest peers, not a full reaction corpus board reprint.
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth: low death-coded share in the FDA AER plate
Signature read: 4 death-coded reports is a thin tail count for Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in the CVM extract. Report volume is lower-third scale: 57 named reports in the openFDA extract. Death-coded share is lower-third: 4 of 57 reports (7.0% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Atrial fibrillation (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (49). Lead co-reported drug Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt (12).
Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, Lead co-reported drug Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt appears in filings alongside this reaction; that is association, not causation. Browse the full reactions index or the about page for how PlainBreed frames FDA CVM extracts.
Species Most Affected
Breeds Most Affected
Associated Drugs
Nationwide reactions with similar profiles
Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass (the volume chart above is the unfloored photo-finish strip).
Similar report volume
Nearest other reactions by FDA report count (57 here).
Similar death-coded share
Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (7.0% here), distinct from the volume row.
What to do with this reaction
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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
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