Hypersensitivity NOS

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VeDDRA Code: 514

318 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

318
Total Reports
21
Deaths
660.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 234
Cat 66
Horse 9
Cattle 6
Other 1
Human 1
Pig 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 37
Retriever - Labrador 26
Boxer (German Boxer) 17
Chihuahua 15
Terrier - Yorkshire 14
Retriever - Golden 13
Crossbred Canine/dog 10
Cat (unknown) 9
Dog (unknown) 9
Shih Tzu 8

Associated Drugs

Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 50
Sarolaner 27
Moxidectin 22
Selamectin 21
Spinosad 20
Afoxolaner 16
Buprenorphine 13
Oclacitinib Maleate 12
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin 10
Carprofen 10
Maropitant Citrate 9
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 8
Cefovecin 8
Dexamethasone 8
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 8
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel 8
Prednisone 7
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 7
Canine Adenovirus Type 2, Strain Manhattan, 12-13-76; Canine Distemper Virus, St 6
Butorphanol 6

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 318
Reports with fatal outcome 21
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 660.0%
Species observed 7
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 514.

Hypersensitivity NOS Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 318 adverse event reports that reference Hypersensitivity NOS as a reaction term, including 21 reports with a death outcome — a 660.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 514, 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.

Hypersensitivity NOS appears most frequently in reports for Dog (234 reports), Cat (66 reports), Horse (9 reports) — with Dog dominating at 234 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Domestic Shorthair (37), Retriever - Labrador (26), Boxer (German Boxer) (17). 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 Hypersensitivity NOS are Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (50 reports), Sarolaner (27 reports), Moxidectin (22 reports), Selamectin (21 reports), with Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad appearing alongside this reaction in 50 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