Blood and lymphatic system disorder NOS

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VeDDRA Code: 148

367 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

367
Total Reports
123
Deaths
3350.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 322
Cat 37
Horse 5
Cattle 3

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 36
Crossbred Canine/dog 26
Shepherd Dog - German 18
Terrier - Yorkshire 17
Domestic Shorthair 16
Shih Tzu 11
Beagle 9
Boxer (German Boxer) 8
Rottweiler 8
Dog (unknown) 8

Associated Drugs

Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 89
Carprofen 51
Spinosad 42
Trilostane 24
Oclacitinib Maleate 22
Maropitant Citrate 16
Prednisone 13
Cefovecin 11
Deracoxib 10
Meloxicam 10
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 10
Afoxolaner 10
Rabies Vaccine 9
Cefpodoxime Proxetil 8
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 8
Firocoxib 7
Cyclosporine 7
Moxidectin 7
Famotidine 7
Isoflurane 6

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 367
Reports with fatal outcome 123
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 3350.0%
Species observed 4
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 148.

Blood and lymphatic system disorder NOS Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 367 adverse event reports that reference Blood and lymphatic system disorder NOS as a reaction term, including 123 reports with a death outcome — a 3350.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 148, 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.

Blood and lymphatic system disorder NOS appears most frequently in reports for Dog (322 reports), Cat (37 reports), Horse (5 reports) — with Dog dominating at 322 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Retriever - Labrador (36), Crossbred Canine/dog (26), Shepherd Dog - German (18). 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 Blood and lymphatic system disorder NOS are Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (89 reports), Carprofen (51 reports), Spinosad (42 reports), Trilostane (24 reports), with Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad appearing alongside this reaction in 89 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