Application site serous discharge

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VeDDRA Code: 34

90 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

90
Total Reports
1
Deaths
110.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Cat 58
Dog 20
Unknown 8
Horse 2
Cattle 1
Human 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 35
Unknown 9
Pit Bull 7
Siamese 5
Maine Coon 4
Domestic Longhair 4
Dog (unknown) 2
Crossbred Canine/dog 2
Sphynx 2
Shepherd Dog - German 1

Associated Drugs

Imidacloprid + Moxidectin 23
Selamectin 20
Device: Suture 9
Selamectin;Sarolaner 7
Flumethrin-Imidacloprid 6
Bupivacaine Lipsome Injectable Suspension 5
Rabies Vaccine 4
Emodepside + Praziquantel 4
Buprenorphine 4
Diphenhydramine 3
Hydromorphone 3
Carprofen 3
Cefovecin Sodium 3
Fluralaner/Moxidectin Spot-On 3
Cefovecin 3
Feline Leukemia Vaccine 2
Amoxicillin 2
Metronidazole 2
Midazolam 2
Propofol 2

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 90
Reports with fatal outcome 1
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 110.0%
Species observed 6
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 34.

Application site serous discharge Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 90 adverse event reports that reference Application site serous discharge as a reaction term, including 1 reports with a death outcome — a 110.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 34, 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.

Application site serous discharge appears most frequently in reports for Cat (58 reports), Dog (20 reports), Unknown (8 reports) — with Cat dominating at 58 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Domestic Shorthair (35), Unknown (9), Pit Bull (7). 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 Application site serous discharge are Imidacloprid + Moxidectin (23 reports), Selamectin (20 reports), Device: Suture (9 reports), Selamectin;Sarolaner (7 reports), with Imidacloprid + Moxidectin appearing alongside this reaction in 23 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