Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for obstructive airway cough

29 FDA reports name obstructive airway cough, a lower-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 883). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#2017 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
29
reports citing this reaction
17.2%
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. Obstructive airway cough has 29 reports now versus 29 in that prior snapshot: 0 the same number of (0.0%).

Report change
+0
Death-coded reports
+0
Death-coded share
−0.0 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 883 VOL-TRACE

VOL-TRACE · DEATH-ELEV · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

  • VOL-TRACE 29 reports
  • DEATH-ELEV 17.2%
  • LOWER-Q #2017/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Application site mois…
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 23
  • DRUG-LEAD Imidacloprid + Mo… · 5
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Application site moist eczema (±0 reports)

Instrument codes from this reaction’s FDA CVM adverse-event extract: volume band, death-coded share, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead species, lead drug, breed desk, and book completeness. Not a clinical diagnosis.

Lower-volume neighbourhood around Obstructive airway cough

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

Vomiting · highest174348Application site mois… · near29Blue eye · near29Enteric pathogen NOS · near29Generalised skin slou… · near29Obstructive airway co… · thi…29Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Obstructive airway cough

What the FDA AER plate says about Obstructive airway cough

Signature read: 29 reports place Obstructive airway cough in the lower third of FDA AER volume (#2017 of 2,481). Report volume is lower-third scale: 29 named reports in the openFDA extract. 5 of 29 reports were death-coded (17.2% of named reports, not a population mortality rate). Nearest volume peer: Application site moist eczema (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (23). Lead co-reported drug Imidacloprid + Moxidectin (5).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, Lead co-reported drug Imidacloprid + Moxidectin appears in filings alongside this reaction; that is association, not causation. Browse the full reactions index or the about page for how PlainBreed frames FDA CVM extracts.

Species Most Affected

Dog 23
Cat 3
Horse 2
Cattle 1

Breeds Most Affected

Shih Tzu 3
Domestic Shorthair 3
Retriever - Labrador 3
Sheepdog - Shetland 2
Bichon Frise 2
Pit Bull 2
Collie (unspecified) 1
Pointer (unspecified) 1
Terrier - Yorkshire 1
Dog (unknown) 1

Associated Drugs

Imidacloprid + Moxidectin 5
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 5
Maropitant Citrate 3
Enrofloxacin 2
Gabapentin 2
Trilostane 2
Spinosad 2
Pergolide Mesylate 2
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel 2
Trimeprazine With Prednisolone 1
Diphenhydramine 1
Milbemycin Oxime + Lufenuron 1
Praziquantel 1
Ponazuril 1
Imidacloprid + Pyriproxyfen 1
Peniciilin G 1
Pyrantel Pamoate 1
Fenbendazole 1
Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis/Calcivirus/Panleukopenia 1
Isotonic Sterile Fluids 1

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 Obstructive airway cough (#2017 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 17.2%. PlainBreed reaction plate · report volume stamp 29 · vintage 2025.

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