{"topic_id":"FDA_DCM_2019_cvm_update","category":"dcm","context":"---\ntopic_id: FDA_DCM_2019_cvm_update\ncategory: dcm\ntitle: \"FDA DCM investigation — Feb 19 2019 CVM update: 300 reports (294 canine/6 feline) through Nov 30 2018; investigation paused by appropriations lapse; 90% grain-free among single-diet cases\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"FDA Animal & Veterinary — CVM Updates: 'FDA Provides Update on Investigation into Potential Connection Between Certain Diets and Cases of Canine Heart Disease' (Feb 19, 2019), retrieved 2026-07-30 via local chromium --dump-dom\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/dcm/FDA_DCM_cvm_update_2019_body.txt\nsource_type: official_web_page\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-30\ntokens_estimated: 240\nverification: C1_substring_match\nclaims: 3\nsource_document: \"FDA DCM (dilated cardiomyopathy) Feb 19 2019 CVM update\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"U.S. FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)\"\n  title: \"FDA Provides Update on Investigation into Potential Connection Between Certain Diets and Cases of Canine Heart Disease\"\n  url: \"https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/cvm-updates/fda-provides-update-investigation-potential-connection-between-certain-diets-and-cases-canine-heart\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-30\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official web page (first-hand English text; retrieved via local chromium --dump-dom)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# FDA DCM investigation — February 19, 2019 CVM update\n\nSource: FDA CVM consumer-facing update page, retrieved 2026-07-30 via local chromium --dump-dom. This P2 topic records the **case-report statistics and investigation status as of the Feb 19, 2019 update** — a first-hand snapshot distinct from the later Vet-LIRN review (340 dogs / 9 cats at the 2019-04-30 cutoff captured in the DCM timeline).\n\n## Feb 19, 2019 CVM update claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n\n- `Between January 1, 2014, and November 30, 2018, the FDA received 300 reports of DCM (294 canine reports, 6 feline reports)`   (Case-report volume through Nov 30, 2018 — an earlier snapshot than the 340/9 Vet-LIRN figure.)\n- `This update does not include reports received in December and January due to the lapse in appropriations from December 22, 2018, to January 25, 2019.`   (FDA's diet-DCM investigation was paused during the federal appropriations lapse; this update covers reports only through Nov 30, 2018.)\n- `In cases in which dogs ate a single primary diet (i.e., didn’t eat multiple food products, excluding treats), 90 percent reported feeding a grain-free food.`   (Diet-composition finding among single-primary-diet cases — observational, not a causal attribution; see FDA_DCM_grain_free_investigation for the related \"93% peas/lentils\" finding.)\n\n## Scope note\n\nThese are observational case-report statistics and process notes from the Feb 19, 2019 update. FDA's causal conclusion (\"do not supply sufficient data to establish a causal relationship\") is in `FDA_DCM_interim_conclusions_no_causal_link`; the broader case-count trajectory is in `FDA_DCM_investigation_timeline_2014_2024`.\n","sources":["FDA DCM Investigation — 3 official docs — FDA Provides Update on Investigation into Potential Connection Between Certain Diets and Cases of Canine Heart Disease (retrieved 2026-07-30)"],"source":{"authority":"FDA DCM Investigation — 3 official docs","title":"FDA Provides Update on Investigation into Potential Connection Between Certain Diets and Cases of Canine Heart Disease","url":"https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/cvm-updates/fda-provides-update-investigation-potential-connection-between-certain-diets-and-cases-canine-heart","retrieved":"2026-07-30","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"FDA DCM (dilated cardiomyopathy) Feb 19 2019 CVM update","verification_file":"pdf-raw/dcm/FDA_DCM_cvm_update_2019_body.txt"},"source_document":"FDA DCM (dilated cardiomyopathy) Feb 19 2019 CVM update","source_file":"pdf-raw/dcm/FDA_DCM_cvm_update_2019_body.txt","tokens_estimated":240,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}