RED BLOOD CELLS(RBC) NUCLEATED

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VeDDRA Code: 99336

88 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

88
Total Reports
25
Deaths
2840.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 80
Cat 7
Horse 1

Breeds Most Affected

Crossbred Canine/dog 9
Retriever - Labrador 9
Domestic Shorthair 6
Chihuahua 4
Maltese 3
Terrier - West Highland White 3
Spaniel - Cocker American 3
Spitz - German Pomeranian 3
Schnauzer - Miniature 3
Retriever - Golden 3

Associated Drugs

Carprofen 8
Moxidectin 7
Spinosad 6
Prednisone 6
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 6
Cyclosporine 5
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 5
Oclacitinib Maleate 5
Meloxicam 4
Enrofloxacin 4
Grapiprant 4
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 4
Deracoxib 3
Trilostane 3
Cyclosporine A 3
Leptospira Canicola L-15 Strain C-51; Leptospira Grippotyphosa 1550 Lot 10005 St 3
Maropitant Citrate 3
Cefovecin Sodium 2
Glycosaminoglycan Polysulfate 2
Selamectin 2

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 88
Reports with fatal outcome 25
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 2840.0%
Species observed 3
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 99336.

RED BLOOD CELLS(RBC) NUCLEATED Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 88 adverse event reports that reference RED BLOOD CELLS(RBC) NUCLEATED as a reaction term, including 25 reports with a death outcome — a 2840.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 99336, 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.

RED BLOOD CELLS(RBC) NUCLEATED appears most frequently in reports for Dog (80 reports), Cat (7 reports), Horse (1 reports) — with Dog dominating at 80 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Crossbred Canine/dog (9), Retriever - Labrador (9), Domestic Shorthair (6). 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 RED BLOOD CELLS(RBC) NUCLEATED are Carprofen (8 reports), Moxidectin (7 reports), Spinosad (6 reports), Prednisone (6 reports), with Carprofen appearing alongside this reaction in 8 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