Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for digestive tract hypomotility

131 FDA adverse-event reports reference digestive tract hypomotility (VeDDRA 2163). Plate codes and volume neighbourhood below; species, breeds, and drugs follow.

#1259 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
131
reports citing this reaction
26.0%
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. Digestive tract hypomotility has 131 reports now versus 127 in that prior snapshot: 4 more (3.1%).

Report change
+4
Death-coded reports
+3
Death-coded share
+1.5 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 2163 VOL-LOW

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

  • VOL-LOW 131 reports
  • DEATH-HOT 26.0%
  • MID-PACK #1259/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cold feeling to the t…
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 95
  • DRUG-LEAD Maropitant · 32
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Cold feeling to the touch (±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 Digestive tract hypomotility

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

Vomiting · highest174348Application site muco… · near132Cyanotic mucous membr… · near132Cold feeling to the t… · near131Digestive tract hypom… · thi…131Injection site hair c… · near131Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Digestive tract hypomotility

Digestive tract hypomotility: high death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: Digestive tract hypomotility's 26.0% 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: 34 of 131 reports (26.0% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Cold feeling to the touch (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (95). Lead co-reported drug Maropitant (32).

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 95
Horse 18
Cat 14
Cattle 3
Donkey 1

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 11
Domestic (unspecified) 9
Chihuahua 6
Dog (unknown) 6
Retriever - Golden 6
Bulldog 5
Warmblood (unspecified) 4
Dachshund (unspecified) 3
Terrier - Yorkshire 3
Shepherd Dog - Australian 3

Associated Drugs

Maropitant 32
Maropitant Citrate 23
Carprofen 10
Metronidazole 8
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 7
Firocoxib 6
Enrofloxacin 6
Moxidectin 5
Famotidine 5
Buprenorphine 5
Metoclopramide 5
Fenbendazole 4
Oclacitinib Maleate 4
Cephalexin 4
Milbemycin Oxime 4
Spinosad 3
Meloxicam 3
Detomidine 3
Amoxicillin 3
Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 3

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Digestive tract hypomotility, 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 (26.0% 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 Digestive tract hypomotility (#1259 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 26.0%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded share stamp 26.0% · 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 →