Fasciitis

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VeDDRA Code: 2467

16 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

16
Total Reports
8
Deaths
5000.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 13
Horse 3

Breeds Most Affected

Shih Tzu 3
Retriever - Labrador 2
Quarter Horse 1
Dog (unknown) 1
Spaniel - Cocker American 1
Shepherd Dog - Belgian Malinois 1
Boxer (German Boxer) 1
Thoroughbred 1
Percheron 1
Bulldog 1

Associated Drugs

Tramadol 4
Maropitant Citrate 4
Carprofen 3
Gabapentin 3
Anesthetic 2
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 2
Tigilanol Tiglate 2
Prednisolone 2
Famotidine 2
Clodronate Disodium 1
Oclacitinib Maleate 1
Afoxolaner 1
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride 1
Antibiotic 1
Maropitant 1
Hepato Trubenefits Liver Supplement 1
Cefovecin 1
Buprenorphine 1
Subcutaneous Fluids 1
Leptospira Canicola L-15 Strain C-51;Leptospira Grippotyphosa 1550 Lot 10005 Str 1

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 16
Reports with fatal outcome 8
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 5000.0%
Species observed 2
Breeds observed 13
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 2467.

Fasciitis Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 16 adverse event reports that reference Fasciitis as a reaction term, including 8 reports with a death outcome — a 5000.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 2467, 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.

Fasciitis appears most frequently in reports for Dog (13 reports), Horse (3 reports) — with Dog dominating at 13 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Shih Tzu (3), Retriever - Labrador (2), Quarter Horse (1). 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 Fasciitis are Tramadol (4 reports), Maropitant Citrate (4 reports), Carprofen (3 reports), Gabapentin (3 reports), with Tramadol appearing alongside this reaction in 4 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