Clindamycin — FDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Event (ADE) Reports
Source: openFDA animalandveterinary/event.json, the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) adverse event report database. Data pulled 2026-07-21. Counts are report-level: one report may list multiple reactions and multiple animals, so figures are not additive and do not imply causation. Clindamycin is a veterinary active ingredient.
Total reports
Clindamycin: 1881
Reports by species (top entries)
- Dog 1096
- Cat 473
- Human 15
- Other 2
- Horse 1
Top reported reactions (VEDDRA terms, top entries)
- Vomiting 274
- Anorexia 201
- Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in 'Neurological') 189
- Death by euthanasia 166
- Diarrhoea 153
- Death 148
- Other abnormal test result NOS 141
- Ataxia 108
- Not eating 107
- Weight loss 106
"Lack of efficacy" terms denote product-performance reports, not adverse reactions.
Source JSON: pdf-raw/ade/ade_active_ingredients_2026-07-21.json (openFDA animalandveterinary/event.json, pulled 2026-07-21).