Injection site serous discharge

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VeDDRA Code: 105

135 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

135
Total Reports
10
Deaths
740.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 114
Horse 9
Cat 8
Cattle 2
Goat 1
Pig 1

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 12
Pit Bull 10
Domestic Shorthair 8
Boxer (German Boxer) 8
Dog (unknown) 7
Quarter Horse 5
Terrier - Bull - Staffordshire 5
Dachshund (unspecified) 4
Beagle 4
Shepherd Dog - German 3

Associated Drugs

Tigilanol Tiglate 56
Carprofen 19
Gabapentin 16
Maropitant Citrate 15
Diphenhydramine 14
Famotidine 12
Dexmedetomidine 11
Butorphanol 10
Propofol 9
Prednisone 9
Hydromorphone 8
Ceftiofur Crystalline Free Acid 7
Buprenorphine 7
Meloxicam 6
Atipamezole 6
Butorphanol Tartrate 6
Moxidectin 5
Bupivacaine Lipsome Injectable Suspension 5
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride 5
Bupivacaine 5

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 135
Reports with fatal outcome 10
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 740.0%
Species observed 6
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 105.

Injection site serous discharge Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 135 adverse event reports that reference Injection site serous discharge as a reaction term, including 10 reports with a death outcome — a 740.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 105, 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 serous discharge appears most frequently in reports for Dog (114 reports), Horse (9 reports), Cat (8 reports) — with Dog dominating at 114 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Retriever - Labrador (12), Pit Bull (10), Domestic Shorthair (8). 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 serous discharge are Tigilanol Tiglate (56 reports), Carprofen (19 reports), Gabapentin (16 reports), Maropitant Citrate (15 reports), with Tigilanol Tiglate appearing alongside this reaction in 56 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