Granules/Powder, Abnormal

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VeDDRA Code: 99012

386 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

386
Total Reports
1
Deaths
30.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Unknown 381
Human 2
Pig 1
Cattle 1
Dog 1

Breeds Most Affected

Unknown 383
Pig (unknown) 1
Cattle (other) 1
Crossbred Canine/dog 1

Associated Drugs

Amoxicillin Trihydrate;Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) 136
Amoxicillin, Clavulanate 58
Amoxicillin Trihydrate; Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) 39
Cefovecin 29
Ceftiofur Sodium 16
Fenbendazole 9
Cefovecin Sodium 9
Tylosin Tartrate 7
Melarsomine Dihydrocloride Injectable 25Mg/Ml 6
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride Injection 6
Amoxicillin As Trihydrate; Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) 6
Chlortetracycline 4
Tylosin 4
Nitarsone 4
Amoxicillin (As Trihydrate); Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) 4
Moxidectin 4
Pyrantel Tartrate 3
Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride 3
Fenbendazol Granules 3
Selamectin 2

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 386
Reports with fatal outcome 1
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 30.0%
Species observed 5
Breeds observed 4
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 99012.

Granules/Powder, Abnormal Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 386 adverse event reports that reference Granules/Powder, Abnormal as a reaction term, including 1 reports with a death outcome — a 30.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 99012, 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.

Granules/Powder, Abnormal appears most frequently in reports for Unknown (381 reports), Human (2 reports), Pig (1 reports) — with Unknown dominating at 381 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Unknown (383), Pig (unknown) (1), Cattle (other) (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 Granules/Powder, Abnormal are Amoxicillin Trihydrate;Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) (136 reports), Amoxicillin, Clavulanate (58 reports), Amoxicillin Trihydrate; Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) (39 reports), Cefovecin (29 reports), with Amoxicillin Trihydrate;Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) appearing alongside this reaction in 136 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