Retinal disorder NOS

Verify with FDA CVM →

VeDDRA Code: 466

223 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

223
Total Reports
32
Deaths
1430.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 146
Cat 76
Horse 1

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 32
Domestic (unspecified) 28
Retriever - Labrador 12
Crossbred Canine/dog 11
Dachshund (unspecified) 10
Cat (unknown) 7
Retriever - Golden 7
Shih Tzu 7
Chihuahua 6
Dog (unknown) 6

Associated Drugs

Enrofloxacin 21
Spinosad 21
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 20
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 16
Ivermectin 13
Doxycycline 13
Moxidectin 10
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 10
Orbifloxacin 9
Orbifloxacin Oral Suspension 9
Dirlotapide 8
Afoxolaner 8
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 8
Carprofen 7
Cefovecin Sodium 7
Marbofloxacin 7
Selamectin 6
Prednisolone 6
Maropitant Citrate 6
Meloxicam 5

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 223
Reports with fatal outcome 32
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 1430.0%
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 466.

Retinal disorder NOS Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 223 adverse event reports that reference Retinal disorder NOS as a reaction term, including 32 reports with a death outcome — a 1430.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 466, 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.

Retinal disorder NOS appears most frequently in reports for Dog (146 reports), Cat (76 reports), Horse (1 reports) — with Dog dominating at 146 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Domestic Shorthair (32), Domestic (unspecified) (28), Retriever - Labrador (12). 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 Retinal disorder NOS are Enrofloxacin (21 reports), Spinosad (21 reports), Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (20 reports), Fluralaner Chew Tablets (16 reports), with Enrofloxacin appearing alongside this reaction in 21 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

Related

Data sourced from official AKC, AVMA, ACVO, and breed-club veterinary references. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBreed Editorial