Reaction profile
The FDA adverse-event record for application site abscess
48 FDA reports name application site abscess, a lower-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 2004). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.
- #1754 of 2,481
- by report volume (all reactions)
- 48
- reports citing this reaction
- 6.3%
- death-coded share
- Cat
- most-affected species
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. Application site abscess has 48 reports now versus 46 in that prior snapshot: 2 more (4.3%).
- Report change
- +2
- Death-coded reports
- +0
- Death-coded share
- −0.3 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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Code 2004 VOL-TRACE
VOL-TRACE · DEATH-PAR · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-CAT · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL
- VOL-TRACE 48 reports
- DEATH-PAR 6.3%
- MID-PACK #1754/2481
- PHOTO-FINISH Abnormal echocardiogr…
- SPECIES-CAT Cat · 18
- DRUG-LEAD Selamectin · 8
- DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
- BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields
Nearest volume peer: Abnormal echocardiogram (±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 Application site abscess
Lower-third volume poles plus nearest peers, not a full reaction corpus board reprint.
Application site abscess: low death-coded share in the FDA AER plate
Signature read: 3 death-coded reports is a thin tail count for Application site abscess in the CVM extract. Report volume is lower-third scale: 48 named reports in the openFDA extract. Death-coded share is lower-third: 3 of 48 reports (6.3% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Abnormal echocardiogram (±0 reports). Lead species Cat (18). Lead co-reported drug Selamectin (8).
Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, Lead co-reported drug Selamectin 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
Breeds Most Affected
Associated Drugs
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Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (CVM AER) · 2025
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