HEMOGLOBIN(HB) HIGH, BLOOD

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VeDDRA Code: 99310

175 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

175
Total Reports
24
Deaths
1370.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 164
Cat 8
Horse 3

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 19
Crossbred Canine/dog 10
Greyhound 8
Shepherd Dog - German 6
Maltese 6
Pit Bull 6
Chihuahua 5
Bulldog 5
Boxer (German Boxer) 4
Domestic Shorthair 4

Associated Drugs

Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 36
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 27
Afoxolaner 13
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 10
Trilostane 7
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 7
Moxidectin 6
Firocoxib 6
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 6
Rabies Vaccine 6
Carprofen 5
Lotilaner 5
Bordetella Vaccine 4
Fentanyl 4
Gabapentin 4
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 4
Milbemycin/Lufenuron Tablets 4
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel 4
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin 3
Cyclosporine A 3

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 175
Reports with fatal outcome 24
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 1370.0%
Species observed 3
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 99310.

HEMOGLOBIN(HB) HIGH, BLOOD Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 175 adverse event reports that reference HEMOGLOBIN(HB) HIGH, BLOOD as a reaction term, including 24 reports with a death outcome — a 1370.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 99310, 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.

HEMOGLOBIN(HB) HIGH, BLOOD appears most frequently in reports for Dog (164 reports), Cat (8 reports), Horse (3 reports) — with Dog dominating at 164 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Retriever - Labrador (19), Crossbred Canine/dog (10), Greyhound (8). 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 HEMOGLOBIN(HB) HIGH, BLOOD are Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (36 reports), Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt (27 reports), Afoxolaner (13 reports), Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew (10 reports), with Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad appearing alongside this reaction in 36 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