Conjunctival reddening

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VeDDRA Code: 2830

31 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

31
Total Reports
3
Deaths
970.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 29
Cat 2

Breeds Most Affected

Bulldog - French 5
Terrier - Bull - American Pit 4
Crossbred Canine/dog 3
Retriever - Labrador 2
Shih Tzu 2
Domestic Shorthair 2
Shepherd Dog - Australian 1
Dachshund (unspecified) 1
Doberman Pinscher 1
Terrier (unspecified) 1

Associated Drugs

Maropitant Citrate 8
Florfenicol + Mometasone Furoate + Terbinafine Hydrochloride 6
Diphenhydramine 6
Prednisone 5
Gabapentin 5
Tigilanol Tiglate 4
Carprofen 4
Ropinirole Hydrochloride 3
Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 3
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride 3
Buprenorphine 3
Butorphanol 3
Ketamine 3
Isoflurane 3
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 2
Afoxolaner 2
Insulin Injectable Vial 2
Bordetella Vaccine 2
Rabies Vaccine 2
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 2

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 31
Reports with fatal outcome 3
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 970.0%
Species observed 2
Breeds observed 19
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 2830.

Conjunctival reddening Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 31 adverse event reports that reference Conjunctival reddening as a reaction term, including 3 reports with a death outcome — a 970.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 2830, 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.

Conjunctival reddening appears most frequently in reports for Dog (29 reports), Cat (2 reports) — with Dog dominating at 29 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Bulldog - French (5), Terrier - Bull - American Pit (4), Crossbred Canine/dog (3). 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 Conjunctival reddening are Maropitant Citrate (8 reports), Florfenicol + Mometasone Furoate + Terbinafine Hydrochloride (6 reports), Diphenhydramine (6 reports), Prednisone (5 reports), with Maropitant Citrate appearing alongside this reaction in 8 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