Decreased mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC)

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VeDDRA Code: 3090

58 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

58
Total Reports
8
Deaths
1380.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 42
Cat 14
Horse 2

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 9
Retriever - Labrador 6
Shih Tzu 3
Shepherd Dog - Australian 2
Terrier - Bull - American Pit 2
Pit Bull 2
Terrier - Yorkshire 2
Boxer (German Boxer) 2
Crossbred Canine/dog 1
Retriever - Golden 1

Associated Drugs

Eprinomectin + Esafoxolaner + Praziquantel 6
Oclacitinib Maleate 6
Gabapentin 5
Ilunocitinib 5
Maropitant Citrate 4
Afoxolaner 4
Doxycycline 4
Bedinvetmab 4
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 3
Estriol Tablets 3
Fluralaner 3
Melarsomine 3
Prednisone 3
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel 3
Meloxicam 3
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 3
Midazolam 3
Carprofen 3
Fuzapladib Sodium 2
Maropitant 2

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 58
Reports with fatal outcome 8
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 1380.0%
Species observed 3
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 3090.

Decreased mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 58 adverse event reports that reference Decreased mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) as a reaction term, including 8 reports with a death outcome — a 1380.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 3090, 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.

Decreased mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) appears most frequently in reports for Dog (42 reports), Cat (14 reports), Horse (2 reports) — with Dog dominating at 42 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Domestic Shorthair (9), Retriever - Labrador (6), Shih Tzu (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 Decreased mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) are Eprinomectin + Esafoxolaner + Praziquantel (6 reports), Oclacitinib Maleate (6 reports), Gabapentin (5 reports), Ilunocitinib (5 reports), with Eprinomectin + Esafoxolaner + Praziquantel appearing alongside this reaction in 6 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