Injection site weeping (see also Skin)

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VeDDRA Code: 103

91 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

91
Total Reports
9
Deaths
990.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 90
Cat 1

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 11
Retriever - Golden 10
Boxer (German Boxer) 10
Bulldog - French 6
Pit Bull 5
Terrier (unspecified) 4
Chihuahua 3
Shepherd Dog - German 3
Corgi - Welsh Cardigan 3
Hound (unspecified) 2

Associated Drugs

Tigilanol Tiglate 69
Gabapentin 26
Famotidine 25
Diphenhydramine 21
Dexmedetomidine 21
Prednisone 20
Butorphanol 18
Butorphanol Tartrate 15
Maropitant Citrate 13
Atipamezole Hydrochloride 8
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride 7
Meloxicam 7
Atipamezole 6
Buprenorphine 5
Alfaxalone 5
Bedinvetmab 4
Carprofen 4
Propofol 4
Hydromorphone 3
Prednisolone 3

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 91
Reports with fatal outcome 9
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 990.0%
Species observed 2
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 103.

Injection site weeping (see also Skin) Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 91 adverse event reports that reference Injection site weeping (see also Skin) as a reaction term, including 9 reports with a death outcome — a 990.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 103, 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 weeping (see also Skin) appears most frequently in reports for Dog (90 reports), Cat (1 reports) — with Dog dominating at 90 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Retriever - Labrador (11), Retriever - Golden (10), Boxer (German Boxer) (10). 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 weeping (see also Skin) are Tigilanol Tiglate (69 reports), Gabapentin (26 reports), Famotidine (25 reports), Diphenhydramine (21 reports), with Tigilanol Tiglate appearing alongside this reaction in 69 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