Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for decreased skin turgor

53 FDA reports name decreased skin turgor, a lower-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 2549). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#1704 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
53
reports citing this reaction
28.3%
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. Decreased skin turgor has 53 reports now versus 49 in that prior snapshot: 4 more (8.2%).

Report change
+4
Death-coded reports
+0
Death-coded share
−2.3 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 2549 VOL-LOW

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

  • VOL-LOW 53 reports
  • DEATH-HOT 28.3%
  • MID-PACK #1704/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bloody foam in mouth…
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 34
  • DRUG-LEAD Rabies Vaccine · 9
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Bloody foam in mouth and nose (±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 Decreased skin turgor

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

Vomiting · highest174348Bloody foam in mouth… · near53Decreased skin turgor · this…53Easily startled · near53Footpad disorder NOS · near53IGA Animal morbidity… · near53Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Decreased skin turgor

Decreased skin turgor: high death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: Decreased skin turgor's 28.3% death-coded share is among the highest in the openFDA reaction corpus. Report volume is lower-third scale: 53 named reports in the openFDA extract. Death-coded share is upper-third: 15 of 53 reports (28.3% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Bloody foam in mouth and nose (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (34). Lead co-reported drug Rabies Vaccine (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 34
Cat 18
Horse 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 17
Retriever - Labrador 6
Pit Bull 3
Pug 2
Beagle 2
American Pit Bull Terrier 2
Spaniel - King Charles Cavalier 2
Bulldog - French 2
Terrier (unspecified) 1
Collie - Smooth-haired 1

Associated Drugs

Rabies Vaccine 9
Carprofen 9
Buprenorphine 8
Maropitant 8
Gabapentin 8
Maropitant Citrate 7
Diphenhydramine 7
Famotidine 6
Butorphanol 6
Ondansetron 5
Tigilanol Tiglate 5
Afoxolaner 4
Firocoxib 4
Enrofloxacin 4
Robenacoxib 3
Midazolam 3
Cefazolin 3
Lactated Ringers 3
Sodium Chloride 3
Prednisone 3

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

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

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (28.3% 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 Decreased skin turgor (#1704 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 28.3%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded share stamp 28.3% · vintage 2025.

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