Labels, Abnormal

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VeDDRA Code: 99014

207 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

207
Total Reports
2
Deaths
100.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Unknown 190
Dog 6
Human 6
Cat 5

Breeds Most Affected

Unknown 196
Domestic Shorthair 5
Dog (unknown) 2
Portuguese Water Dog 1
Terrier - Airedale 1
Chihuahua 1
Terrier - West Highland White 1

Associated Drugs

Fluralaner Spot-On Solution 23
Nitenpyram 16
Afoxolaner 16
Firocoxib 9
Ivermectin 8
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 8
Praziquantel 7
Phenylpropanolamine Hcl 6
Fenbendazol Granules 6
Milbemycin/Lufenuron Tablets 6
Recombinant Human Insulin 5
Spinosad 5
Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 5
Hydrocortisone Aceponate/Miconazole Nitrate/Gentamicin Sulfate 4
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 4
Carprofen 4
Dexamethasone 4
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel 4
Ivermectin 0.5% Pour-On Topical Solution 3
Pimobendan 3

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 207
Reports with fatal outcome 2
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 100.0%
Species observed 4
Breeds observed 7
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 99014.

Labels, Abnormal Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 207 adverse event reports that reference Labels, Abnormal as a reaction term, including 2 reports with a death outcome — a 100.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 99014, 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.

Labels, Abnormal appears most frequently in reports for Unknown (190 reports), Dog (6 reports), Human (6 reports) — with Unknown dominating at 190 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Unknown (196), Domestic Shorthair (5), Dog (unknown) (2). 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 Labels, Abnormal are Fluralaner Spot-On Solution (23 reports), Nitenpyram (16 reports), Afoxolaner (16 reports), Firocoxib (9 reports), with Fluralaner Spot-On Solution appearing alongside this reaction in 23 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