Digestive tract disorder NOS

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VeDDRA Code: 305

22,675 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

22,675
Total Reports
666
Deaths
290.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 21,931
Cat 396
Cattle 150
Horse 96
Human 29
Chicken 22
Pig 19
Sheep 11
Unknown 3
Goat 3

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 3,652
Crossbred Canine/dog 2,002
Retriever - Golden 1,645
Beagle 1,016
Shepherd Dog - German 879
Greyhound 528
Dog (unknown) 525
Boxer (German Boxer) 508
Shih Tzu 495
Terrier - Yorkshire 375

Associated Drugs

Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 13,024
Ivermectin/Pyrantel Pamoate Chewable 272Mcg/652Mg 2,623
Ivermectin/Pyrantel Pamoate Chewable 68Mcg/163Mg 1,711
Ivermectin/Pyrantel Pamoate Chewable 136Mcg/326Mg 1,416
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 523
Ivermectin/Pyrantel Chew. Dog 272Mcg/227Mg 503
Ivermectin/Pyrantel Chew. Dog 68Mcg/57Mg 327
Ivermectin/Pyrantel Chew. Dog 136Mcg/114Mg 265
Carprofen 243
Maropitant Citrate 216
Afoxolaner 207
Spinosad 168
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel 126
Oclacitinib Maleate 119
Ivermectin 94
Selamectin 88
Cyclosporine 79
Metronidazole 77
Famotidine 77
Deracoxib 75

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 22,675
Reports with fatal outcome 666
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 290.0%
Species observed 10
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 305.

Digestive tract disorder NOS Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 22,675 adverse event reports that reference Digestive tract disorder NOS as a reaction term, including 666 reports with a death outcome — a 290.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 305, 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.

Digestive tract disorder NOS appears most frequently in reports for Dog (21,931 reports), Cat (396 reports), Cattle (150 reports) — with Dog dominating at 21,931 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Retriever - Labrador (3,652), Crossbred Canine/dog (2,002), Retriever - Golden (1,645). 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 Digestive tract disorder NOS are Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt (13,024 reports), Ivermectin/Pyrantel Pamoate Chewable 272Mcg/652Mg (2,623 reports), Ivermectin/Pyrantel Pamoate Chewable 68Mcg/163Mg (1,711 reports), Ivermectin/Pyrantel Pamoate Chewable 136Mcg/326Mg (1,416 reports), with Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt appearing alongside this reaction in 13,024 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