Injection site reaction NOS

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VeDDRA Code: 100

827 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

827
Total Reports
31
Deaths
370.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 390
Human 257
Cat 91
Horse 44
Cattle 31
Pig 8
Other Reptiles 1
Sheep 1
Alpaca 1
Rabbit 1

Breeds Most Affected

Unknown 260
Dog (unknown) 46
Retriever - Labrador 35
Domestic Shorthair 33
Domestic (unspecified) 30
Retriever - Golden 19
Chihuahua 16
Crossbred Canine/dog 15
Shepherd Dog - German 14
Horse (unknown) 12

Associated Drugs

Carprofen 87
Tulathromycin 83
Tigilanol Tiglate 53
Moxidectin 52
Prednisone 52
Maropitant Citrate 44
Cefovecin Sodium 43
Ceftiofur Crystalline Free Acid 39
Famotidine 39
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride 38
Diphenhydramine 36
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride 30
Cefovecin 30
Enrofloxacin 29
Gabapentin 27
Butorphanol 20
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 18
Butorphanol Tartrate 18
Doramectin 17
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride Injection 17

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 827
Reports with fatal outcome 31
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 370.0%
Species observed 10
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 100.

Injection site reaction NOS Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 827 adverse event reports that reference Injection site reaction NOS as a reaction term, including 31 reports with a death outcome — a 370.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 100, 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.

Injection site reaction NOS appears most frequently in reports for Dog (390 reports), Human (257 reports), Cat (91 reports) — with Dog dominating at 390 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Unknown (260), Dog (unknown) (46), Retriever - Labrador (35). 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 Injection site reaction NOS are Carprofen (87 reports), Tulathromycin (83 reports), Tigilanol Tiglate (53 reports), Moxidectin (52 reports), with Carprofen appearing alongside this reaction in 87 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