Regenerative anaemia

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VeDDRA Code: 1056

543 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

543
Total Reports
161
Deaths
2970.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 472
Cat 69
Fish 1
Other Birds 1

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 62
Domestic Shorthair 43
Retriever - Golden 28
Crossbred Canine/dog 26
Shih Tzu 19
Chihuahua 19
Shepherd Dog - German 13
Spitz - German Pomeranian 11
Terrier - Bull - American Pit 11
Spaniel - Cocker American 10

Associated Drugs

Carprofen 79
Oclacitinib Maleate 55
Bedinvetmab 47
Prednisone 43
Maropitant Citrate 42
Moxidectin 37
Cefovecin 36
Meloxicam 30
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 29
Doxycycline 27
Gabapentin 24
Grapiprant 24
Metronidazole 18
Famotidine 18
Anti-Il31 Mab Mcs Lot #1283563 18
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan 17
Cyclosporine 17
Afoxolaner 17
Deracoxib 15
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel 14

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 543
Reports with fatal outcome 161
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 2970.0%
Species observed 4
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 1056.

Regenerative anaemia Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 543 adverse event reports that reference Regenerative anaemia as a reaction term, including 161 reports with a death outcome — a 2970.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 1056, 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.

Regenerative anaemia appears most frequently in reports for Dog (472 reports), Cat (69 reports), Fish (1 reports) — with Dog dominating at 472 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Retriever - Labrador (62), Domestic Shorthair (43), Retriever - Golden (28). 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 Regenerative anaemia are Carprofen (79 reports), Oclacitinib Maleate (55 reports), Bedinvetmab (47 reports), Prednisone (43 reports), with Carprofen appearing alongside this reaction in 79 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