Endocardiosis

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VeDDRA Code: 2308

20 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

20
Total Reports
19
Deaths
9500.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 19
Rabbit 1

Breeds Most Affected

Boxer (German Boxer) 2
Crossbred Canine/dog 2
Spitz - German Pomeranian 2
Spaniel - King Charles Cavalier 1
Pit Bull 1
Shepherd Dog - Australian 1
Griffon - Brussels 1
Pointing Dog - Hungarian Short-haired (Vizsla) 1
Rabbit (other) 1
Spaniel - Cocker American 1

Associated Drugs

Bedinvetmab 5
Maropitant Citrate 3
Grapiprant 2
Levothyroxine 2
Pimobendan 2
Moxidectin 2
Furosemide 2
Doxycycline 2
Meclizine 2
Meloxicam 2
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 1
Fuzapladib Sodium 1
Carprofen 1
Florfenicol + Mometasone Furoate + Terbinafine Hydrochloride 1
Ketamine Hydrochloride 1
Bravecto 1
Lactulose 1
Subcutaneous Fluids 1
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride 1
Anesthesia 1

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 20
Reports with fatal outcome 19
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 9500.0%
Species observed 2
Breeds observed 17
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 2308.

Endocardiosis Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 20 adverse event reports that reference Endocardiosis as a reaction term, including 19 reports with a death outcome — a 9500.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 2308, 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.

Endocardiosis appears most frequently in reports for Dog (19 reports), Rabbit (1 reports) — with Dog dominating at 19 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Boxer (German Boxer) (2), Crossbred Canine/dog (2), Spitz - German Pomeranian (2). 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 Endocardiosis are Bedinvetmab (5 reports), Maropitant Citrate (3 reports), Grapiprant (2 reports), Levothyroxine (2 reports), with Bedinvetmab appearing alongside this reaction in 5 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