Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for application site burn

911 FDA reports name application site burn, a high-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 2063). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#422 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
911
reports citing this reaction
1.1%
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 burn has 911 reports now versus 898 in that prior snapshot: 13 more (1.4%).

Report change
+13
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 2063 VOL-MID

VOL-MID · DEATH-LOW · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-CAT · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

  • VOL-MID 911 reports
  • DEATH-LOW 1.1%
  • UPPER-Q #422/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lying down
  • SPECIES-CAT Cat · 737
  • DRUG-LEAD Selamectin;Sarola… · 264
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Lying down (±3 reports)

Upper-third report volume drives the scale stamps on this plate; death-coded share and co-report peers follow. Not a clinical diagnosis.

High-volume neighbourhood around Application site burn

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

Vomiting · highest174348Abnormal adrenocortic… · near920Arrhythmia · near918Application site burn · this…911Lying down · near908Star-gazing · near904Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Application site burn

Application site burn: low death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: Application site burn's 1.1% death-coded share is among the lowest in the openFDA reaction corpus. Report volume is upper-third scale: 911 named reports in the openFDA extract. Death-coded share is lower-third: 10 of 911 reports (1.1% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Lying down (±3 reports). Lead species Cat (737). Lead co-reported drug Selamectin;Sarolaner (264).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, Lead co-reported drug Selamectin;Sarolaner 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

Cat 737
Dog 110
Horse 42
Human 11
Cattle 7
Unknown 2
Rabbit 1
Goat 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 428
Cat (other) 84
Domestic Longhair 47
Domestic Mediumhair 45
Cat (unknown) 27
Siamese 21
Maine Coon 16
Unknown 14
Horse (unknown) 12
Dog (unknown) 12

Associated Drugs

Selamectin;Sarolaner 264
Selamectin 261
Fluralaner Spot-On Solution 99
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin 67
Fluralaner/Moxidectin Spot-On 39
Emodepside + Praziquantel 30
Ivermectin(1.55%)/Praziquantel(7.75%) Paste 28
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 13
Cefovecin 12
Eprinomectin + Esafoxolaner + Praziquantel 12
Flumethrin-Imidacloprid 11
Buprenorphine 11
Ivermectin + Praziquantel 10
Enrofloxacin 8
Prednisone 7
Fipronil 10%/S Methoprene 9% Spot On 7
Fipronil 9.8%/S-Methoprene 8.8%/Cyphenothrin 5.2% Squeeze-On 7
Methylprednisolone Acetate 7
Mirtazapine 7
Imidacloprid, Flumethrin 7

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Application site burn, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass (the volume chart above is the unfloored photo-finish strip).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (1.1% here), distinct from the volume row.

What to do with this reaction

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 Application site burn (#422 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 1.1%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded share stamp 1.1% · vintage 2025.

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