Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for injection site thickening

62 FDA adverse-event reports reference injection site thickening (VeDDRA 2898). Plate codes and volume neighbourhood below; species, breeds, and drugs follow.

#1637 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
62
reports citing this reaction
1.6%
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 thickening has 62 reports now versus 58 in that prior snapshot: 4 more (6.9%).

Report change
+4
Death-coded reports
+0
Death-coded share
−0.1 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 2898 VOL-LOW

VOL-LOW · DEATH-LOW · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

  • VOL-LOW 62 reports
  • DEATH-LOW 1.6%
  • MID-PACK #1637/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Application site ting…
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 54
  • DRUG-LEAD Tigilanol Tiglate · 32
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Application site tingling (±0 reports)

Instrument codes from this reaction’s FDA CVM adverse-event extract: volume band, death-coded share, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead species, lead drug, breed desk, and book completeness. Not a clinical diagnosis.

Report-volume neighbourhood around Injection site thickening

Highest and lowest poles plus nearest volume peers, not a full 2,500-reaction corpus board reprint.

Vomiting · highest174348Application site ting… · near62Claw / hoof / nail lo… · near62Desquamation · near62Dropper, Abnormal · near62Injection site thicke… · thi…62Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Injection site thickening

Injection site thickening: low death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: 1 death-coded reports is a thin tail count for Injection site thickening in the CVM extract. Report volume sits in the middle third of the reaction corpus. Death-coded share is lower-third: 1 of 62 reports (1.6% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Application site tingling (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (54). Lead co-reported drug Tigilanol Tiglate (32).

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 54
Cat 5
Horse 3

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 9
Retriever - Golden 3
Shih Tzu 3
Dog (unknown) 3
Terrier - Bull - American Pit 3
Domestic Shorthair 3
Pit Bull 3
Terrier (unspecified) 3
Bulldog - French 3
Crossbred Canine/dog 2

Associated Drugs

Tigilanol Tiglate 32
Diphenhydramine 26
Famotidine 26
Gabapentin 21
Prednisone 17
Butorphanol 14
Unspecified 13
Dexmedetomidine 13
Butorphanol Tartrate 12
Maropitant Citrate 11
Alfaxalone 11
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride 10
Meloxicam 10
Atipamezole Hydrochloride 9
Carprofen 9
Buprenorphine 9
Prednisolone 7
Atipamezole 7
Oxygen 4
Maropitant 4

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

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

Similar report volume

Nearest other reactions by FDA report count (62 here).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (1.6% 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 thickening (#1637 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 1.6%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded report count stamp 1 · 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 →