PR-ESOPHAGUS, LESION(S)

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VeDDRA Code: 99611

13 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

13
Total Reports
11
Deaths
8460.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 5
Cattle 3
Cat 3
Guinea Pig 1
Horse 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic (unspecified) 2
Unknown 1
Deutsche Dogge, Great Dane 1
Cattle (unknown) 1
Collie - Border 1
Charolais 1
Thoroughbred 1
Domestic Mediumhair 1
Siberian Husky 1
Jersey 1

Associated Drugs

Carprofen 2
Maropitant Citrate 2
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 2
Selamectin 1
Deracoxib 1
Albendazole 1
Famotidine 1
Anesthetic 1
Cephalexin 1
Amoxicillin, Clavulanate 1
Amoxicillin 1
Cefovecin Sodium 1
Ivermectin 1
Ceftiofur Crystalline Free Acid 1
Clindamycin Hydrochloride 1
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride 1
Cefovecin 1
Pegbovigrastim 1
Calcium 1
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 1

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 13
Reports with fatal outcome 11
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 8460.0%
Species observed 5
Breeds observed 12
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 99611.

PR-ESOPHAGUS, LESION(S) Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 13 adverse event reports that reference PR-ESOPHAGUS, LESION(S) as a reaction term, including 11 reports with a death outcome — a 8460.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 99611, 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.

PR-ESOPHAGUS, LESION(S) appears most frequently in reports for Dog (5 reports), Cattle (3 reports), Cat (3 reports) — with Dog dominating at 5 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Domestic (unspecified) (2), Unknown (1), Deutsche Dogge, Great Dane (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 PR-ESOPHAGUS, LESION(S) are Carprofen (2 reports), Maropitant Citrate (2 reports), Fluralaner Chew Tablets (2 reports), Selamectin (1 reports), with Carprofen appearing alongside this reaction in 2 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