Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for fish body deformity

Name: Fish body deformity - FDA Animal Adverse Reaction
Creator: PlainBreed
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

32 FDA reports name fish body deformity, a lower-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 987). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#1957 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions): 32
reports citing this reaction: 93.8%
death-coded share: Fish
most-affected species

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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. Fish body deformity has 32 reports now versus 32 in that prior snapshot: 0 the same number of (0.0%).

Report change: +0
Death-coded reports: +0
Death-coded share: +0.0 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 987 VOL-TRACE

VOL-TRACE · DEATH-HOT · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-FISH · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-NARROW · BOOK-FULL

VOL-TRACE 32 reports
DEATH-HOT 93.8%
LOWER-Q #1957/2481
PHOTO-FINISH ANION GAP HI, BLD
SPECIES-FISH Fish · 32
DRUG-LEAD Atlantic Salmon T… · 28
DESK-NARROW 2 breeds
BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: ANION GAP HI, BLD (±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 Fish body deformity

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

FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Fish body deformity

Fish body deformity: high death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: Fish body deformity's 93.8% death-coded share is among the highest in the openFDA reaction corpus. Report volume is lower-third scale: 32 named reports in the openFDA extract. Death-coded share is upper-third: 30 of 32 reports (93.8% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: ANION GAP HI, BLD (±0 reports). Lead species Fish (32). Lead co-reported drug Atlantic Salmon Transgenic Whole (Opafp-Ghc2 Rdna Construct Inserted Into The A-Locus In The Eo-1A Lineage) (28).

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

Fish 32

Breeds Most Affected

Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) 31

Zebrafish 1

Associated Drugs

Atlantic Salmon Transgenic Whole (Opafp-Ghc2 Rdna Construct Inserted Into The A-Locus In The Eo-1A Lineage) 28

Atlantic Salmon Transgenic Whole (Opafp-Ghc2 Rdna Construct Inserted Into The A-Locus In The Eo-1A Lineage 2

Device: Animal Care (Bowls, Crates, Etc) 1

Atlantic Salmon Transgenic Whole (Opafp-Ghc2 Rdna Construct Inserted Into The A Locus In The Eo-1A Lineage) 1

What to do with this reaction

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Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (CVM AER) · 2025

openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (FDA CVM) for Fish body deformity (#1957 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 93.8%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded share stamp 93.8% · 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 →