Loss of vision

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VeDDRA Code: 1596

378 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

378
Total Reports
88
Deaths
2330.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 300
Cat 73
Human 3
Horse 2

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 44
Chihuahua 26
Retriever - Labrador 24
Crossbred Canine/dog 19
Terrier - Yorkshire 14
Shepherd Dog - German 12
Dog (unknown) 12
Collie - Border 12
Terrier - Jack Russell 9
Domestic Longhair 9

Associated Drugs

Bedinvetmab 42
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 31
Carprofen 25
Afoxolaner 24
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 24
Trilostane 20
Oclacitinib Maleate 19
Maropitant Citrate 16
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 16
Spinosad 14
Cefovecin 13
Enrofloxacin 13
Moxidectin 12
Gabapentin 12
Selamectin 11
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 11
Recombinant Human Insulin 10
Prednisone 10
Frunevetmab 10
Buprenorphine 9

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 378
Reports with fatal outcome 88
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 2330.0%
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 1596.

Loss of vision Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 378 adverse event reports that reference Loss of vision as a reaction term, including 88 reports with a death outcome — a 2330.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 1596, 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.

Loss of vision appears most frequently in reports for Dog (300 reports), Cat (73 reports), Human (3 reports) — with Dog dominating at 300 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Domestic Shorthair (44), Chihuahua (26), Retriever - Labrador (24). 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 Loss of vision are Bedinvetmab (42 reports), Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (31 reports), Carprofen (25 reports), Afoxolaner (24 reports), with Bedinvetmab appearing alongside this reaction in 42 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