Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for injection site gaseous gangrene

Name: Injection site gaseous gangrene - FDA Animal Adverse Reaction
Creator: PlainBreed
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

20 FDA reports name injection site gaseous gangrene, a lower-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 2094). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#2166 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions): 20
reports citing this reaction: 85.0%
death-coded share: Cattle
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. Injection site gaseous gangrene has 20 reports now versus 20 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 2094 VOL-TRACE

VOL-TRACE · DEATH-HOT · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-CATTLE · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

VOL-TRACE 20 reports
DEATH-HOT 85.0%
LOWER-Q #2166/2481
PHOTO-FINISH Agalactia
SPECIES-CATTLE Cattle · 16
DRUG-LEAD Dinoprost Trometh… · 16
DESK-WIDE 8 breeds
BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Agalactia (±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 Injection site gaseous gangrene

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

FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Injection site gaseous gangrene

Injection site gaseous gangrene: high death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: Injection site gaseous gangrene's 85.0% death-coded share is among the highest in the openFDA reaction corpus. Report volume is lower-third scale: 20 named reports in the openFDA extract. Death-coded share is upper-third: 17 of 20 reports (85.0% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Agalactia (±0 reports). Lead species Cattle (16). Lead co-reported drug Dinoprost Tromethamine (16).

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

Cattle 16

Cat 2

Horse 1

Dog 1

Breeds Most Affected

Cattle (other) 9

Holstein-Friesian also known as Holstein 5

Horse (unknown) 1

Ragdoll 1

Cattle (unspecified) 1

Aberdeen Angus 1

Pinscher - Miniature 1

Maine Coon 1

Associated Drugs

Dinoprost Tromethamine 16

Clostridium Chauvoei, Strain F, Lot No. 2-84; Clostridium Novyi, 8296, Kb; Clost 4

Clostridium Chauvoei, Strain F, Lot No. 2-84;Clostridium Haemolyticum, Strain Ir 2

Ivermectin 1

Cefovecin Sodium 1

Ceftiofur Hydrochloride 1

Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus, 597-10 10Th Psg Strain 375; Bovine Viral Dia 1

Gnrh 1

Clostridium Novyi, 8296;Clostridium Perfringens Type C, Pc8 1

Tigilanol Tiglate 1

Clostridium Chauvoei, Strain F, Lot No. 2-84;Clostridium Novyi, 8296 1

Unknown Clostridial Vaccine 1

Buprenorphine 1

Feline Leukemia Virus, Ah927/1161E Strain 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 Injection site gaseous gangrene (#2166 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 85.0%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded share stamp 85.0% · vintage 2025.

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