Lack of coordination (see also 'Ear' - vestibular disorder)

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VeDDRA Code: 656

142 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

142
Total Reports
9
Deaths
630.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 115
Cat 24
Cattle 2
Human 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 13
Crossbred Canine/dog 11
Retriever - Labrador 11
Shepherd Dog - Australian 6
Terrier - Yorkshire 5
Shepherd Dog - German 5
Chihuahua 5
Pug 4
Terrier - Jack Russell 4
Dog (unknown) 4

Associated Drugs

Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 23
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 12
Afoxolaner 10
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 9
Spinosad 8
Carprofen 8
Sarolaner 8
Ivermectin 7
Cefovecin 5
Maropitant Citrate 5
Selamectin 5
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 5
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 4
Nitenpyram 4
Ear Cleaner 4
Anesthetic 3
Isoflurane 3
Milbemycin Oxime 3
Grapiprant 3
Benzoyl Peroxide Shampoo 2

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 142
Reports with fatal outcome 9
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 630.0%
Species observed 4
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 656.

Lack of coordination (see also 'Ear' - vestibular disorder) Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 142 adverse event reports that reference Lack of coordination (see also 'Ear' - vestibular disorder) as a reaction term, including 9 reports with a death outcome — a 630.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 656, 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.

Lack of coordination (see also 'Ear' - vestibular disorder) appears most frequently in reports for Dog (115 reports), Cat (24 reports), Cattle (2 reports) — with Dog dominating at 115 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Domestic Shorthair (13), Crossbred Canine/dog (11), Retriever - Labrador (11). 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 Lack of coordination (see also 'Ear' - vestibular disorder) are Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (23 reports), Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt (12 reports), Afoxolaner (10 reports), Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner (9 reports), with Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 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