Peripheral nervous system disorder NOS

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VeDDRA Code: 1906

183 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

183
Total Reports
50
Deaths
2730.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 109
Cat 64
Horse 5
Human 3
Turtle 1
Mouse 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic (unspecified) 57
Crossbred Canine/dog 16
Dog (unknown) 8
Retriever - Golden 7
Retriever - Labrador 7
Mastiff 6
Unknown 4
Pointing Dog - German Short-haired 4
Rottweiler 4
Boxer (German Boxer) 3

Associated Drugs

Spinosad 15
Selamectin 14
Cefovecin Sodium 14
Human Insulin 12
Carprofen 12
Ivermectin 8
Meloxicam 7
Amoxicillin, Clavulanate 6
Firocoxib 6
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride 5
Isoflurane 4
Ketamine Hydrochloride 4
Cefpodoxime Proxetil 4
Milbemycin, Lufenuron 4
Marbofloxacin 4
Maropitant 4
Milbemycin 4
Imidacloprid, Moxidectin 3
Orbifloxacin 3
Tiletamine, Zolazepam 3

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 183
Reports with fatal outcome 50
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 2730.0%
Species observed 6
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 1906.

Peripheral nervous system disorder NOS Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 183 adverse event reports that reference Peripheral nervous system disorder NOS as a reaction term, including 50 reports with a death outcome — a 2730.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 1906, 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.

Peripheral nervous system disorder NOS appears most frequently in reports for Dog (109 reports), Cat (64 reports), Horse (5 reports) — with Dog dominating at 109 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Domestic (unspecified) (57), Crossbred Canine/dog (16), Dog (unknown) (8). 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 Peripheral nervous system disorder NOS are Spinosad (15 reports), Selamectin (14 reports), Cefovecin Sodium (14 reports), Human Insulin (12 reports), with Spinosad appearing alongside this reaction in 15 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