Polyp

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VeDDRA Code: 2878

14 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

14
Total Reports
3
Deaths
2140.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 9
Cat 5

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 3
Retriever - Labrador 2
Shih Tzu 1
Domestic Mediumhair 1
Doberman Pinscher 1
Coonhound - Bluetick 1
Chihuahua 1
Dalmatian 1
American Shorthair 1
Hound (unspecified) 1

Associated Drugs

Bedinvetmab 3
Prednisolone 2
Doxycycline 2
Trazodone 2
Gabapentin 2
Tramadol 2
Butorphanol 2
Florfenicol, Terbinafine, Betamethasone Acetate 1
Fluralaner Spot-On Solution 1
Rabies In Hhh Adj Pfizer Kv 1
Feline Rcp Lv 1
Fluralaner/Moxidectin Spot-On 1
Bexagliflozin 1
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 1
Milbemycin Oxime, Praziquantel 1
Prescription Diet 1
Dinotefuran + Pyriproxyfen + Permethrin 1
Chlorhexidine 1
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 1
S-Adenosylmethionine, Silybin 1

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 14
Reports with fatal outcome 3
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 2140.0%
Species observed 2
Breeds observed 11
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 2878.

Polyp Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 14 adverse event reports that reference Polyp as a reaction term, including 3 reports with a death outcome — a 2140.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 2878, 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.

Polyp appears most frequently in reports for Dog (9 reports), Cat (5 reports) — with Dog dominating at 9 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Domestic Shorthair (3), Retriever - Labrador (2), Shih Tzu (1). 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 Polyp are Bedinvetmab (3 reports), Prednisolone (2 reports), Doxycycline (2 reports), Trazodone (2 reports), with Bedinvetmab appearing alongside this reaction in 3 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