Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for injection site bruising

533 FDA reports name injection site bruising, a high-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 79). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#620 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
533
reports citing this reaction
8.1%
death-coded share
Dog
most-affected species

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. Injection site bruising has 533 reports now versus 521 in that prior snapshot: 12 more (2.3%).

Report change
+12
Death-coded reports
+0
Death-coded share
−0.2 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 79 VOL-MID

VOL-MID · DEATH-PAR · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

  • VOL-MID 533 reports
  • DEATH-PAR 8.1%
  • UPPER-Q #620/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH High sodium-potassium…
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 411
  • DRUG-LEAD Tigilanol Tiglate · 210
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: High sodium-potassium ratio (Na:K ratio) (±1 reports)

Upper-third report volume drives the scale stamps on this plate; death-coded share and co-report peers follow. Not a clinical diagnosis.

High-volume neighbourhood around Injection site bruising

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

Vomiting · highest174348Application site blee… · near536Abdominal cavity diso… · near535Facial paralysis · near535Injection site bruisi… · thi…533High sodium-potassium… · near532Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Injection site bruising

What the FDA AER plate says about Injection site bruising

Signature read: 533 reports place Injection site bruising in the upper third of FDA AER volume (#620 of 2,481). Report volume is upper-third scale: 533 named reports in the openFDA extract. 43 of 533 reports were death-coded (8.1% of named reports, not a population mortality rate). Nearest volume peer: High sodium-potassium ratio (Na:K ratio) (±1 reports). Lead species Dog (411). Lead co-reported drug Tigilanol Tiglate (210).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, Lead co-reported drug Tigilanol Tiglate appears in filings alongside this reaction; that is association, not causation. Browse the full reactions index or the about page for how PlainBreed frames FDA CVM extracts.

Species Most Affected

Dog 411
Human 100
Cat 11
Cattle 3
Pig 2
Ferret 1
Rabbit 1
Guinea Pig 1
Mouse 1
Horse 1

Breeds Most Affected

Unknown 102
Retriever - Labrador 37
Dog (unknown) 30
Pit Bull 30
Retriever - Golden 24
Chihuahua 22
Maltese 20
Boxer (German Boxer) 19
Bulldog - French 11
Crossbred Canine/dog 10

Associated Drugs

Tigilanol Tiglate 210
Maropitant Citrate 57
Diphenhydramine 53
Carprofen 50
Famotidine 50
Gabapentin 45
Prednisone 42
Moxidectin 38
Butorphanol 27
Dexmedetomidine 26
Propofol 22
Buprenorphine 21
Butorphanol Tartrate 20
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride 20
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride 20
Atipamezole 19
Bupivacaine 19
Hydromorphone 15
Enrofloxacin 13
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 12

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Injection site bruising, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass (the volume chart above is the unfloored photo-finish strip).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (8.1% here), distinct from the volume row.

What to do with this reaction

A report does not prove a drug caused the reaction; consult a veterinarian before acting on this data.

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (CVM AER) · 2025

openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (FDA CVM) for Injection site bruising (#620 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 8.1%. PlainBreed reaction plate · report volume stamp 533 · 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 →