Anuria

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VeDDRA Code: 712

409 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

409
Total Reports
189
Deaths
4620.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 226
Cat 176
Horse 5
Guinea Pig 1
Other 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 80
Domestic (unspecified) 27
Retriever - Labrador 21
Cat (unknown) 17
Chihuahua 15
Retriever - Golden 14
Domestic Longhair 13
Crossbred Canine/dog 12
Terrier - Yorkshire 12
Shih Tzu 11

Associated Drugs

Meloxicam 49
Buprenorphine 49
Maropitant Citrate 44
Carprofen 41
Robenacoxib 35
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 25
Isoflurane 24
Selamectin 19
Cefovecin 17
Gabapentin 15
Deracoxib 14
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin 14
Dexmedetomidine 14
Cefovecin Sodium 13
Spinosad 12
Propofol 12
Tramadol 11
Nitenpyram 10
Butorphanol 10
Midazolam 10

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 409
Reports with fatal outcome 189
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 4620.0%
Species observed 5
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 712.

Anuria Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 409 adverse event reports that reference Anuria as a reaction term, including 189 reports with a death outcome — a 4620.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 712, the standardized veterinary dictionary used to normalize clinical signs across submitters. Because reports are voluntary and often describe multiple concurrent signs per animal, the volume here reflects reporting intensity rather than true incidence in the broader pet population.

Anuria appears most frequently in reports for Dog (226 reports), Cat (176 reports), Horse (5 reports) — with Dog dominating at 226 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Domestic Shorthair (80), Domestic (unspecified) (27), Retriever - Labrador (21). These distributions are influenced both by underlying breed popularity and by how veterinarians and owners code a given clinical sign, so they should be interpreted as a reporting fingerprint rather than a pure susceptibility ranking.

The drugs most commonly co-reported with Anuria are Meloxicam (49 reports), Buprenorphine (49 reports), Maropitant Citrate (44 reports), Carprofen (41 reports), with Meloxicam appearing alongside this reaction in 49 submissions. Co-reporting does not establish that any specific product caused the reaction — FDA CVM data captures temporal association only. The value of these aggregates is in flagging which therapeutic classes appear repeatedly alongside a given clinical sign, so owners and veterinarians can ask targeted questions about medications currently in use.

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reports FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reports Data reflects voluntary submissions and may not represent actual incidence rates

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Data sourced from official AKC, AVMA, ACVO, and breed-club veterinary references. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBreed Editorial