Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for foam in the trachea

60 FDA reports name foam in the trachea, a lower-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 875). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#1652 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
60
reports citing this reaction
88.3%
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. Foam in the trachea has 60 reports now versus 59 in that prior snapshot: 1 more (1.7%).

Report change
+1
Death-coded reports
+1
Death-coded share
+0.2 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 875 VOL-LOW

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

  • VOL-LOW 60 reports
  • DEATH-HOT 88.3%
  • MID-PACK #1652/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Heavy sweating
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 32
  • DRUG-LEAD Milbemycin Oxime… · 12
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Heavy sweating (±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 Foam in the trachea

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

Vomiting · highest174348Foam in the trachea · this r…60Heavy sweating · near60Salivary gland disord… · near60Skin thinning · near60Transient blindness · near60Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Foam in the trachea

Foam in the trachea: high death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: Foam in the trachea's 88.3% death-coded share is among the highest in the openFDA reaction corpus. Report volume is lower-third scale: 60 named reports in the openFDA extract. Death-coded share is upper-third: 53 of 60 reports (88.3% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Heavy sweating (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (32). Lead co-reported drug Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (12).

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 32
Cattle 16
Cat 9
Horse 2
Sheep 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 7
Holstein-Friesian also known as Holstein 4
Aberdeen Angus 4
Boxer (German Boxer) 3
Crossbred Bovine/Cattle 3
Spitz - German Pomeranian 2
Mixed (Dog) 2
Pit Bull 2
Shepherd Dog - German 2
Beagle 2

Associated Drugs

Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 12
Maropitant Citrate 4
Cefovecin 4
Furosemide 4
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride 3
Ketamine 3
Enrofloxacin 3
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride Injection 3
Carprofen 3
Dexamethasone 3
Eprinomectin 3
Epinephrine 3
Spinosad 2
Butorphanol 2
Tramadol 2
Flunixin Meglumine Injectable 2
Clostr Perf*2/Clos Others*6 Kb 2
Buprenorphine 2
Tildipirosin Injectable 2
Afoxolaner 2

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Foam in the trachea, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass (the volume chart above is the unfloored photo-finish strip).

Similar report volume

Nearest other reactions by FDA report count (60 here).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (88.3% 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 Foam in the trachea (#1652 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 88.3%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded share stamp 88.3% · 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 →