Drug profile

The FDA adverse-event record for Device: Catheter

148 FDA reports name Device: Catheter, a high-volume drug in the CVM extract. Species, reactions, and outcomes follow.

#633 of 2,679
by report volume (all drugs)
148
adverse-event reports
4.1%
death-coded share
Unknown
most-reported species

Corpus placement

According to the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA adverse-event extract, Device: Catheter ranks #633 of 2679 by total reports (148) and #842 of 1130 by death-coded share (4.1%). National dual: Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad is #1 of 2679 drugs by total adverse-event reports (149,624) at death-coded-share rank 965 of 1130 drugs with at least 50 reports (2.3%); separately, Atlantic Salmon Transgenic Whole (Opafp-Ghc2 Rdna Construct Inserted Into The A-Locus In The Eo-1A Lineage) is #1 highest death-coded share at 97.8% (report rank #821).

149,624
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad reports (#1)
97.8%
Atlantic Salmon Transgenic Whole (Opafp-Ghc2 Rdna Construct Inserted Into The A-Locus In The Eo-1A Lineage) death share (#1)
#633
This drug, reports of 2679
#842
This drug, death share of 1130

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.

Release-over-release change

What changed in the latest FDA data snapshot

PlainBreed reconstructed the prior snapshot from dated openFDA partitions through 2025 Q4, then compared it with the 2026-07-27 openFDA export. Device: Catheter has 148 reports now versus 148 in that prior snapshot: 0 the same number of (0.0%).

Report change
+0
Death-coded reports
+0
Death-coded share
−0.0 pts

This compares reported-event counts in two source snapshots. It does not establish a change in real-world risk, product safety, or disease incidence.

Subscribe to Device: Catheter changes

Signature read: 148 reports place Device: Catheter in the upper third of FDA AER volume (#633 of 2,679).

Important: Adverse event reports do not establish that a drug caused or contributed to the event. Consult your veterinarian before making treatment decisions.
148
Total Reports
6
Deaths Reported
4.1%
Death-coded share of reports

Active Ingredients

Device: Catheter

Administration Routes

UnknownIntravenousSubcutaneous

Species Affected

Unknown 69
Dog 65
Cat 6
Horse 4
Pig 2
Cattle 1
Primate 1

Most Affected Breeds

Unknown 70
Dog (unknown) 50
Cat (unknown) 6
Horse (unknown) 4
Maltese 4
Retriever - Labrador 2
Pig (unknown) 2
Holstein-Friesian also known as Holstein 1
Boxer (German Boxer) 1
Irish Wolfhound 1

Most Reported Reactions

Device Defective NOS 74
Device breakage/fracture 54
Foreign body, medical device 42
Product Defect, General 14
Application site reaction NOS 9
Medical device removal 7
Abnormal radiograph finding 6
Fever 5
Blood loss NOS 5
Injection site inflammation 4
Injection site necrosis 4
Death 4

Outcome Breakdown

Outcome Unknown
39 (54.2%)
Recovered/Normal
21 (29.2%)
Recovered with Sequela
6 (8.3%)
Died
5 (6.9%)
Euthanized
1 (1.4%)

Device: Catheter: low death-coded share in the FDA AER row

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, a widely-prescribed drug will rack up more raw FDA reports in a given year than a rarely-used one at an identical true rate, so we recommend comparing within similar-exposure products rather than across the full 2025 catalog.

High-volume nationwide drug peers

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Device: Catheter, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

What to do with this drug

A report does not prove a drug caused the reaction; consult a veterinarian before acting on this data.

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (CVM AER) · 2025

openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (FDA CVM) for Device: Catheter (#633 of 2,679 by report volume); death-coded 4.1%. PlainBreed drug row · report volume stamp 148 · vintage 2025.

Informational only. FDA adverse-event reports are voluntary and do not prove causation; consult a veterinarian before acting on them. Verify with FDA CVM →