Rotatory nystagmus

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VeDDRA Code: 2637

108 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

108
Total Reports
11
Deaths
1020.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 99
Cat 8
Cattle 1

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 14
Bulldog - French 7
Domestic Shorthair 6
Crossbred Canine/dog 6
Shepherd Dog - German 5
Retriever - Golden 4
Shih Tzu 4
Shepherd Dog - Australian 4
Pit Bull 3
Beagle 3

Associated Drugs

Bedinvetmab 33
Florfenicol + Mometasone Furoate + Terbinafine Hydrochloride 18
Maropitant Citrate 16
Gabapentin 15
Carprofen 9
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 7
Prednisone 6
Oclacitinib Maleate 6
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 5
Isoflurane 5
Propofol 5
Meclizine 5
Galliprant 5
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 4
Probiotic 3
Sarolaner 3
Buprenorphine 3
Pimobendan 3
Unspecified Fluids 3
Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 3

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 108
Reports with fatal outcome 11
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 1020.0%
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 2637.

Rotatory nystagmus Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 108 adverse event reports that reference Rotatory nystagmus as a reaction term, including 11 reports with a death outcome — a 1020.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 2637, 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.

Rotatory nystagmus appears most frequently in reports for Dog (99 reports), Cat (8 reports), Cattle (1 reports) — with Dog dominating at 99 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Retriever - Labrador (14), Bulldog - French (7), 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 Rotatory nystagmus are Bedinvetmab (33 reports), Florfenicol + Mometasone Furoate + Terbinafine Hydrochloride (18 reports), Maropitant Citrate (16 reports), Gabapentin (15 reports), with Bedinvetmab appearing alongside this reaction in 33 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