Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for gum bruising

Name: Gum bruising - FDA Animal Adverse Reaction
Creator: PlainBreed
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

17 FDA reports name gum bruising, a lower-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 1887). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#2240 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions): 17
reports citing this reaction: 29.4%
death-coded share: Dog
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. Gum bruising has 17 reports now versus 17 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 1887 VOL-TRACE

VOL-TRACE · DEATH-HOT · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

VOL-TRACE 17 reports
DEATH-HOT 29.4%
BOTTOM-DECILE #2240/2481
PHOTO-FINISH Anoestrus
SPECIES-DOG Dog · 16
DRUG-LEAD Moxidectin · 3
DESK-WIDE 15 breeds
BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Anoestrus (±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 Gum bruising

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

FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Gum bruising

Gum bruising: high death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: 17 reports place Gum bruising in the lower third of FDA AER volume (#2240 of 2,481). Report volume is lower-third scale: 17 named reports in the openFDA extract. Death-coded share is upper-third: 5 of 17 reports (29.4% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Anoestrus (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (16). Lead co-reported drug Moxidectin (3).

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 16

Cat 1

Breeds Most Affected

Deutsche Dogge, Great Dane 2

Boxer (German Boxer) 2

Cattle Dog - Australian (blue heeler, red heeler, Queensland cattledog) 1

Poodle - Miniature 1

Catahoula Leopard Dog 1

Shih Tzu 1

Dog (unknown) 1

Shar Pei 1

Brittany 1

Crossbred Canine/dog 1

Associated Drugs

Moxidectin 3

Spinosad 2

Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 2

Cefovecin 2

Bedinvetmab 2

Leptospira Canicola L-15 Strain C-51;Leptospira Grippotyphosa 1550 Lot 10005 Str 2

Imidacloprid + Moxidectin 1

Enrofloxacin 1

Unknown Vaccines 1

Unspecified 1

Glucosamine, Perna Canaliculus, Creatine Monohydrate & Msm 1

Firocoxib 227 Mg Chewable 1

Cefpodoxime Proxetil 1

Furosemide 1

Prednisone 1

Metoclopramide 1

Lotilaner 1

Afoxolaner 1

Ivermectin + Pyrantel 1

Meloxicam 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 Gum bruising (#2240 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 29.4%. PlainBreed reaction plate · report volume stamp 17 · 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 →