Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for cognitive impairment

178 FDA adverse-event reports reference cognitive impairment (VeDDRA 1384). Plate codes and volume neighbourhood below; species, breeds, and drugs follow.

#1093 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
178
reports citing this reaction
28.1%
death-coded share
Dog
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. Cognitive impairment has 178 reports now versus 176 in that prior snapshot: 2 more (1.1%).

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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FDA AER · VeDDRA plate

Code 1384 VOL-LOW

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

  • VOL-LOW 178 reports
  • DEATH-HOT 28.1%
  • MID-PACK #1093/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dependent oedema
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 164
  • DRUG-LEAD Bedinvetmab · 50
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Dependent oedema (±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.

Report-volume neighbourhood around Cognitive impairment

Highest and lowest poles plus nearest volume peers, not a full 2,500-reaction corpus board reprint.

Vomiting · highest174348Cognitive impairment · this …178Dependent oedema · near178Tracheal collapse · near178Choke · near177Decreased respiratory… · near177Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Cognitive impairment

Cognitive impairment: high death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: Cognitive impairment's 28.1% death-coded share is among the highest in the openFDA reaction corpus. Report volume sits in the middle third of the reaction corpus. Death-coded share is upper-third: 50 of 178 reports (28.1% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Dependent oedema (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (164). Lead co-reported drug Bedinvetmab (50).

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 164
Cat 12
Horse 1
Rabbit 1

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 23
Crossbred Canine/dog 13
Terrier - Yorkshire 10
Terrier (unspecified) 8
Shepherd Dog - Australian 6
Dog (unknown) 5
Boxer (German Boxer) 5
Terrier - Rat 5
Domestic Shorthair 4
Chihuahua 4

Associated Drugs

Bedinvetmab 50
Trilostane 48
Carprofen 18
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 16
Gabapentin 16
Afoxolaner 12
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 10
Oclacitinib Maleate 9
Grapiprant 8
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 7
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 6
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 6
Selamectin 5
Maropitant Citrate 5
Prednisone 4
Buprenorphine 4
Desoxycortone Pivalate 4
Enrofloxacin 4
Sarolaner 3
Enalapril 3

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

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

Similar report volume

Nearest other reactions by FDA report count (178 here).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (28.1% 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 Cognitive impairment (#1093 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 28.1%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded share stamp 28.1% · vintage 2025.

Informational only. FDA adverse-event reports are voluntary and do not prove causation; consult a veterinarian before acting on them. Verify with FDA CVM →