Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for abnormal rectal palpation

Name: Abnormal rectal palpation - FDA Animal Adverse Reaction
Creator: PlainBreed
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

16 FDA reports name abnormal rectal palpation, a lower-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 2683). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#2257 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions): 16
reports citing this reaction: 18.8%
death-coded share: Horse
most-affected species

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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. Abnormal rectal palpation has 16 reports now versus 16 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.

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FDA AER · VeDDRA plate

Code 2683 VOL-TRACE

VOL-TRACE · DEATH-ELEV · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-HORSE · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

VOL-TRACE 16 reports
DEATH-ELEV 18.8%
BOTTOM-DECILE #2257/2481
PHOTO-FINISH Abdominal transudate
SPECIES-HORSE Horse · 9
DRUG-LEAD Robenacoxib · 4
DESK-WIDE 13 breeds
BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Abdominal transudate (±0 reports)

Instrument codes from this reaction’s FDA CVM adverse-event extract: volume band, death-coded share, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead species, lead drug, breed desk, and book completeness. Not a clinical diagnosis.

Lower-volume neighbourhood around Abnormal rectal palpation

Lower-third volume poles plus nearest peers, not a full reaction corpus board reprint.

FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Abnormal rectal palpation

What the FDA AER plate says about Abnormal rectal palpation

Signature read: 16 reports place Abnormal rectal palpation in the lower third of FDA AER volume (#2257 of 2,481). Report volume is lower-third scale: 16 named reports in the openFDA extract. 3 of 16 reports were death-coded (18.8% of named reports, not a population mortality rate). Nearest volume peer: Abdominal transudate (±0 reports). Lead species Horse (9). Lead co-reported drug Robenacoxib (4).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, Lead co-reported drug Robenacoxib appears in filings alongside this reaction; that is association, not causation. Browse the full reactions index or the about page for how PlainBreed frames FDA CVM extracts.

Species Most Affected

Horse 9

Dog 4

Cat 2

Cattle 1

Breeds Most Affected

Quarter Horse 3

Domestic Shorthair 2

Saddlebred - American 1

Shepherd Dog - Australian 1

Tennessee Walking Horse 1

Standardbred (unspecified) 1

Warmblood - Dutch 1

Horse (other) 1

Shepherd Dog - German 1

Unknown 1

Associated Drugs

Robenacoxib 4

Ceftiofur Crystalline Free Acid 2

Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 2

Cefovecin Sodium 2

N-Butylscopolaminium Bromide 1

Capromorelin Tartrate 1

Canine Distemper-Adenovirus Type 2-Parainfluenza-Parvovirus Vaccine, Modified Live Virus 1

Maropitant 1

Ampicillin, Sulbactam 1

Buprenorphine 1

Ondesetron 1

Amoxicillin 1

Oxybendazole 1

Omeprazole 1

Sucralfate 1

Phenylbutazone 1

Flax Seed, Flax Oil, Rice Bran, Digestive Care (Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Product On Wheat Bran, Saccharomyces C. Boulardii And Saccharomyces Cerevisiae With Stearic Acid Microencapsulatio 1

Altrenogest 1

Ration Balancer 1

Pelleted Feed 1

What to do with this reaction

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

openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (FDA CVM) for Abnormal rectal palpation (#2257 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 18.8%. PlainBreed reaction plate · report volume stamp 16 · vintage 2025.

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