Impaired vision

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VeDDRA Code: 407

936 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

936
Total Reports
144
Deaths
1540.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 700
Cat 198
Human 21
Horse 5
Cattle 5
Donkey 3
Goat 2
Other Birds 1
Other 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 108
Retriever - Labrador 67
Crossbred Canine/dog 49
Terrier - Yorkshire 35
Chihuahua 29
Shih Tzu 26
Dog (unknown) 22
Unknown 22
Shepherd Dog - German 21
Shepherd Dog - Australian 20

Associated Drugs

Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 90
Bedinvetmab 62
Enrofloxacin 60
Ivermectin 60
Spinosad 57
Afoxolaner 57
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 36
Trilostane 34
Carprofen 31
Maropitant Citrate 31
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin 29
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 28
Cefovecin 25
Recombinant Human Insulin 25
Selamectin 24
Gabapentin 24
Prednisone 23
Sarolaner 21
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 21
Frunevetmab 20

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 936
Reports with fatal outcome 144
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 1540.0%
Species observed 9
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 407.

Impaired vision Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 936 adverse event reports that reference Impaired vision as a reaction term, including 144 reports with a death outcome — a 1540.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 407, 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.

Impaired vision appears most frequently in reports for Dog (700 reports), Cat (198 reports), Human (21 reports) — with Dog dominating at 700 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Domestic Shorthair (108), Retriever - Labrador (67), Crossbred Canine/dog (49). 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 Impaired vision are Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (90 reports), Bedinvetmab (62 reports), Enrofloxacin (60 reports), Ivermectin (60 reports), with Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad appearing alongside this reaction in 90 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