potassium chloride — 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 2026-08-16. Counts are report-level: one report may list multiple reactions and multiple animals, so figures are not additive and do not imply causation. "potassium chloride" is a name as filed in the drug active-ingredient field of these reports (may be a generic ingredient or a product/brand name as reported).
Total reports
potassium chloride: 4271
Reports by species (top entries)
- Dog 248
- Cat 128
- Horse 25
- Rabbit 8
- Human 2
- Other 2
- Other Birds 2
- Deer 1
- Donkey 1
- Sheep 1
Top reported reactions (VEDDRA terms, top entries)
- Containers, Damaged 3400
- Containers, Leaking 2926
- Death by euthanasia 81
- Vomiting 80
- Other abnormal test result NOS 63
- Lethargy (see also Central nervous system depression in 'Neurological') 56
- Underfilling, Container 54
- Dehydration 52
- Anorexia 50
- Not eating 50
Source JSON: pdf-raw/ade/ade_active_ingredients_2026-08-16_b1.json (openFDA animalandveterinary/event.json, pulled 2026-08-16).