Paralysis NOS

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VeDDRA Code: 1677

332 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

332
Total Reports
155
Deaths
4670.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 282
Cat 39
Cattle 3
Horse 3
Turkey 3
Pig 1
Rabbit 1

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 26
Dog (unknown) 26
Domestic Shorthair 23
Retriever - Golden 19
Shepherd Dog - German 18
Crossbred Canine/dog 16
Chihuahua 14
Siberian Husky 8
Shih Tzu 7
Spitz - German Pomeranian 7

Associated Drugs

Bedinvetmab 86
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 37
Carprofen 34
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 21
Afoxolaner 19
Gabapentin 16
Maropitant Citrate 12
Cefovecin 11
Sarolaner 11
Spinosad 10
Oclacitinib Maleate 10
Prednisone 9
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 9
Nitenpyram 8
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 8
Frunevetmab 8
Metronidazole 7
Selamectin 6
Grapiprant 6
Ivermectin 5

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 332
Reports with fatal outcome 155
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 4670.0%
Species observed 7
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 1677.

Paralysis NOS Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 332 adverse event reports that reference Paralysis NOS as a reaction term, including 155 reports with a death outcome — a 4670.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 1677, 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.

Paralysis NOS appears most frequently in reports for Dog (282 reports), Cat (39 reports), Cattle (3 reports) — with Dog dominating at 282 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Retriever - Labrador (26), Dog (unknown) (26), Domestic Shorthair (23). 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 Paralysis NOS are Bedinvetmab (86 reports), Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (37 reports), Carprofen (34 reports), Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner (21 reports), with Bedinvetmab appearing alongside this reaction in 86 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