FDA openFDA Animal and Veterinary AERS · extract 2026-07-27

What does this FDA extract record about animal adverse events?

A single citable snapshot of report volume, species share, and death-coded tags in the Center for Veterinary Medicine feed PlainBreed rebuilds. Filings are voluntary. A count is not a risk grade and not veterinary advice.

1,085,823
adverse-event reports
510
breeds in this extract
74.3%
of filings are dogs
93,675
Retriever - Labrador filings
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What this page answers

According to the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA adverse-event extract, Retriever - Labrador is #1 of 510 by total adverse-event reports (93,675) at death-coded-share rank 195 of 275 breeds with at least 50 reports (3.7%); separately, Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) is #1 highest death-coded share at 99.0% (report rank #233).

93,675
Retriever - Labrador reports (#1)
99.0%
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) death share (#1)
#195
Retriever - Labrador death-share rank
#233
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) report rank

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.

Key findings

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  1. This rebuild holds 1,085,823 FDA animal adverse-event reports across 510 breeds, 55 species, 2,679 drugs, and 2,514 reaction types (2010 to 2026, extract dated 2026-07-27).
  2. Dogs account for 806,331 of 1,085,823 reports (74.3%). Cats are second at 121,036.
  3. Retriever - Labrador leads breed report volume with 93,675 filings (8.6% of the extract). Volume tracks how common a breed is and how often owners and vets file, not unusual danger.
  4. 2024 is the peak complete calendar year in this extract (79,313 reports). 2026 is a partial year and is not used as a year-over-year peak.
  5. Vomiting is the most-filed reaction type (174,348 reports). A filing names a reported clinical sign, not a confirmed diagnosis.
  6. Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad is the drug/product with the most filings (149,624). Report volume is not a safety ranking.
  7. Among 275 breeds with at least 50 reports, Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) has the highest death-coded share (99.0%; 96 of 97). That is a food-animal reporting pattern in this extract, not a companion-animal ranking. The cohort median is 4.8%.
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Dogs are 74.3% of 1,085,823 filings in this extract (806,331 reports). Companion-animal reporting dominates the feed.

Reports by species

1. Dog8063312. Cat1210363. Cattle157754. Horse107455. Human86236. Pig1089
Top 6 of 55 species by report volume. Human rows in the CVM feed are accidental-exposure filings, not a companion-animal class.

Most-filed reaction types

1. Vomiting1743482. Lethargy928023. Emesis693174. Diarrhoea642925. Lack of efficacy (ectopar…592316. Lack of efficacy - NOS545257. Lack of efficacy (endopar…527708. Lack of efficacy (endopar…42123
Top 8 VedDRA reaction labels by report count. A label is what was filed, not a confirmed diagnosis.

Complete-year report counts (2010 to 2025)

201042861201150740201268338201368742201467827201570664201673804201777983201871028201972435202068200202163115
2026 is omitted because it is a partial year in this extract. 2024 is the peak complete year.

By the numbers

53,840
death-coded breed rows (sum)
275
breeds with 50+ reports
2,679
drugs / products
2,514
reaction types

How these totals are computed

Every figure is a SQL aggregate against PlainBreed's local rebuild of the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine animal adverse-event extract (openFDA animalandveterinary/event). Breed volume uses breeds.total_reports. Species share is species.total_reports / stats.total_reports. Death-coded share on the 50-plus cohort matches the public highest-death-rate ranking floor (total_reports >= 50). No headline total is hand-typed.

Popular breeds collect more filings because more animals are kept and treated. A high death-coded share can be a food-animal reporting pattern (for example farmed fish) rather than a companion-animal risk signal. Filings are voluntary and do not prove the product caused the event. Full source handling lives on the methodology page.

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Veterinary Medicine, openFDA Animal and Veterinary Adverse Event API PlainBreed rebuild of openFDA animalandveterinary/event (breed, species, drug, reaction aggregates) · 2026 Figures are reporting-volume aggregates in this extract, not shop quotes, diagnoses, or veterinary advice.

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According to the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Event extract, every figure on this page is rendered from that public file; no number is typed in by an editor. This page's headline figures are SQL aggregates of the stats, species, breeds, drugs, reactions, and yearly_stats tables, not hand-typed copy. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.