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Ingredients / Cephapirin

Cephapirin: FDA adverse event reports for pets

Reports received through June 26, 2026. Data and limitations.

1,299Total reports
2Dog reports
0Cat reports

FDA-approved products with this ingredient (Green Book)

All approved products with this ingredient, for any species.

Brand names come only from the Green Book. Brand names in FDA's public report data are masked, so counts cannot be attributed to any brand. Ingredient names in the reports are written many ways; we group them under one ingredient name and count each report once per ingredient (method).

Reports by year received

198720
19881
198949
199022
199122
199227
199334
199432
199539
199635
199755
199848
199997
200044
200141
200222
200313
200417
200519
200615
200729
200830
200943
201041
201132
201243
201340
201437
201545
201643
2017115
201843
201921
202017
202116
202224
20235
20248
202511
20264

Species named in reports

Cattle1,010
Not given268
Goat9
Horse5
Human3
Sheep2
Dog2

Signs reported after Cephapirin

Residues in milk718
Death85
Drug dose administration interval too long74
Lack of efficacy (bacteria) - NOS70
Tubes, Damaged70
Tubes, Leaking65
INEFFECTIVE, ANTIBIOTIC56
Mastitis NOS46
Mammary gland oedema46
Tubes, Abnormal35
Containers, Damaged29
Product problem27
Mammary gland disorder NOS25
Product syringe issue24
Missing Cap24
Acute mastitis24
Alteration of milk quality23
Caps, Abnormal23
Product Defect, General22
Lack of efficacy - NOS19
Underfilling, Package18
Uncoded sign17
Underfilling, Tubes15
Syringe, Abnormal15
Fever14

Breeds named in reports

Holstein-Friesian also known as Holstein672
Cattle (unknown)175
Cattle (other)74
Jersey46
Mixed (Cattle)13
Crossbred Bovine/Cattle11
Brown Swiss7
Guernsey3
Horse (unknown)3
Goat (unknown)3
French-Alpine2
Holstein - German Red Pied2
Ayrshire2
Nubian2
Goat (other)2

Reported outcomes

Recovered/Normal165
Outcome Unknown146
Died85
Ongoing10
Euthanized5
Recovered with Sequela2

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