Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for blood in trachea

Name: Blood in trachea - FDA Animal Adverse Reaction
Creator: PlainBreed
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

47 FDA reports name blood in trachea, a lower-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 878). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#1769 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions): 47
reports citing this reaction: 70.2%
death-coded share: Dog
most-affected species

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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. Blood in trachea has 47 reports now versus 47 in that prior snapshot: 0 the same number of (0.0%).

Report change: +0
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 878 VOL-TRACE

VOL-TRACE · DEATH-HOT · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

VOL-TRACE 47 reports
DEATH-HOT 70.2%
MID-PACK #1769/2481
PHOTO-FINISH Abnormal number of of…
SPECIES-DOG Dog · 32
DRUG-LEAD Dexmedetomidine H… · 9
DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Abnormal number of offspring (±0 reports)

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

Lower-volume neighbourhood around Blood in trachea

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

FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Blood in trachea

Blood in trachea: high death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: Blood in trachea's 70.2% death-coded share is among the highest in the openFDA reaction corpus. Report volume is lower-third scale: 47 named reports in the openFDA extract. Death-coded share is upper-third: 33 of 47 reports (70.2% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Abnormal number of offspring (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (32). Lead co-reported drug Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride (9).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, A high death-coded share in FDA filings does not prove causation; co-reporting is voluntary temporal association only. Browse the full reactions index or the about page for how PlainBreed frames FDA CVM extracts.

Species Most Affected

Dog 32

Cat 9

Cattle 5

Horse 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 6

Shiba Inu 2

Retriever - Golden 2

Chihuahua 2

Pug 2

Bulldog 2

Cat (unknown) 2

Shepherd Dog - German 2

Shepherd Dog - Australian 1

Collie - Border 1

Associated Drugs

Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride 9

Butorphanol 5

Isoflurane 5

Cefovecin 4

Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 4

Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 3

Ketamine 3

Atipamezole Hydrochloride 3

Propofol 3

Dexmedetomidine 3

Carprofen 3

Cefazolin 2

Prednisone 2

Spinosad 2

Diphenhydramine 2

Butorphanol Tartrate 2

Buprenorphine 2

Afoxolaner 2

Melarsomine Dihydrochloride Injection 2

Ceftiofur Crystalline Free Acid 2

What to do with this reaction

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Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (CVM AER) · 2025

openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (FDA CVM) for Blood in trachea (#1769 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 70.2%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded share stamp 70.2% · vintage 2025.

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