Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for nasal discharge

1,662 FDA reports name nasal discharge, a high-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 871). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#268 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
1,662
reports citing this reaction
24.4%
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. Nasal discharge has 1,662 reports now versus 1,636 in that prior snapshot: 26 more (1.6%).

Report change
+26
Death-coded reports
+4
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 871 VOL-MID

VOL-MID · DEATH-HOT · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

  • VOL-MID 1,662 reports
  • DEATH-HOT 24.4%
  • UPPER-Q #268/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sleepiness - systemic…
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 1,042
  • DRUG-LEAD Maropitant Citrate · 150
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Sleepiness - systemic disorder (±3 reports)

Upper-third death-coded share drives the outcome stamps on this plate; volume band, corpus rank, and co-report peers follow. Not a clinical diagnosis.

High-volume neighbourhood around Nasal discharge

Upper-third volume poles plus nearest peers, not a full reaction corpus board reprint.

Vomiting · highest174348Mucous stool · near1681Hypotension · near1676Sleepiness - systemic… · near1665Nasal discharge · this react…1662Increased heart rate · near1651Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Nasal discharge

Nasal discharge: high death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: 406 death-coded reports is a heavy tail count for Nasal discharge in the CVM extract. Report volume is upper-third scale: 1,662 named reports in the openFDA extract. Death-coded share is upper-third: 406 of 1,662 reports (24.4% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Sleepiness - systemic disorder (±3 reports). Lead species Dog (1,042). Lead co-reported drug Maropitant Citrate (150).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, A high death-coded share in FDA filings does not prove causation; co-reporting is voluntary temporal association only. Browse the full reactions index or the about page for how PlainBreed frames FDA CVM extracts.

Species Most Affected

Dog 1,042
Cat 425
Cattle 93
Horse 53
Human 30
Sheep 5
Pig 4
Goat 3
Rabbit 2
Donkey 2

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 230
Retriever - Labrador 90
Crossbred Canine/dog 74
Chihuahua 57
Shih Tzu 56
Shepherd Dog - German 47
Retriever - Golden 43
Unknown 40
Bulldog - French 32
Domestic Longhair 31

Associated Drugs

Maropitant Citrate 150
Oclacitinib Maleate 102
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 101
Florfenicol + Mometasone Furoate + Terbinafine Hydrochloride 98
Cefovecin 92
Enrofloxacin 87
Carprofen 75
Moxidectin 73
Spinosad 59
Afoxolaner 56
Selamectin 51
Prednisone 49
Meloxicam 48
Doxycycline 46
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin 43
Cyclosporine 39
Gabapentin 39
Buprenorphine 36
Dexamethasone 35
Bedinvetmab 35

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

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

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 Nasal discharge (#268 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 24.4%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded report count stamp 406 · 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 →