Prostration

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VeDDRA Code: 1017

115 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

115
Total Reports
26
Deaths
2260.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 95
Cattle 10
Cat 8
Other Birds 1
Sheep 1

Breeds Most Affected

Crossbred Canine/dog 12
Cattle (unknown) 9
Terrier - Yorkshire 7
Shih Tzu 7
Retriever - Golden 5
Dog (unknown) 5
Chihuahua 4
Mixed (Dog) 3
Cat (unknown) 3
Retriever - Labrador 3

Associated Drugs

Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 28
Afoxolaner 68 Mg Chewable Tablets 11
Afoxolaner 28.3 Mg Chewable Tablets 9
Afoxolaner 11.3 Mg Chewable Tablets 8
Gamithromycin 7
Afoxolaner 136 Mg Chewable Tablets 7
Ivermectin 10 Mg/Ml Solution For Injection 6
Ivermectin 5
Firocoxib 4
Spinosad 4
Deracoxib 3
Eprinomectin 3
Ivermectin, Pyrantel 2
Milbemycin Oxime 2
Lufenuron + Milbemycin Oxime 2
Firocoxib 57 Mg Chewable 2
Afoxolaner 2.27% Chewable Tablet (28.3 Mg) 2
Afoxolaner 2.27% Chewable Tablet (136 Mg) 2
Nitenpyram 2
Isoflurane 1

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 115
Reports with fatal outcome 26
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 2260.0%
Species observed 5
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 1017.

Prostration Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 115 adverse event reports that reference Prostration as a reaction term, including 26 reports with a death outcome — a 2260.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 1017, 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.

Prostration appears most frequently in reports for Dog (95 reports), Cattle (10 reports), Cat (8 reports) — with Dog dominating at 95 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Crossbred Canine/dog (12), Cattle (unknown) (9), Terrier - Yorkshire (7). 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 Prostration are Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (28 reports), Afoxolaner 68 Mg Chewable Tablets (11 reports), Afoxolaner 28.3 Mg Chewable Tablets (9 reports), Afoxolaner 11.3 Mg Chewable Tablets (8 reports), with Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad appearing alongside this reaction in 28 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