Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for saline slide agglutination test, positive

70 FDA adverse-event reports reference saline slide agglutination test, positive (VeDDRA 2698). Plate codes and volume neighbourhood below; species, breeds, and drugs follow.

#1578 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
70
reports citing this reaction
51.4%
death-coded share
Dog
most-affected species

Release-over-release change

What changed in the latest FDA data snapshot

PlainBreed reconstructed the prior snapshot from dated openFDA partitions through 2025 Q4, then compared it with the 2026-07-27 openFDA export. Saline slide agglutination test, positive has 70 reports now versus 66 in that prior snapshot: 4 more (6.1%).

Report change
+4
Death-coded reports
+3
Death-coded share
+1.4 pts

This compares reported-event counts in two source snapshots. It does not establish a change in real-world risk, product safety, or disease incidence.

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FDA AER · VeDDRA plate

Code 2698 VOL-LOW

VOL-LOW · DEATH-HOT · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

  • VOL-LOW 70 reports
  • DEATH-HOT 51.4%
  • MID-PACK #1578/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Application site warm…
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 63
  • DRUG-LEAD Maropitant Citrate · 25
  • DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Application site warmth (±0 reports)

Upper-third death-coded share drives the outcome stamps on this plate; volume band, corpus rank, and co-report peers follow. Not a clinical diagnosis.

Report-volume neighbourhood around Saline slide agglutination test, positive

Highest and lowest poles plus nearest volume peers, not a full 2,500-reaction corpus board reprint.

Vomiting · highest174348Application site warm… · near70Digestive tract hyper… · near70Hyporeflexia · near70Musculoskeletal neopl… · near70Saline slide agglutin… · thi…70Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Saline slide agglutination test, positive

Saline slide agglutination test, positive: high death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: Saline slide agglutination test, positive's 51.4% death-coded share is among the highest in the openFDA reaction corpus. Report volume sits in the middle third of the reaction corpus. Death-coded share is upper-third: 36 of 70 reports (51.4% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Application site warmth (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (63). Lead co-reported drug Maropitant Citrate (25).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, A high death-coded share in FDA filings does not prove causation; co-reporting is voluntary temporal association only. Browse the full reactions index or the about page for how PlainBreed frames FDA CVM extracts.

Species Most Affected

Dog 63
Cat 7

Breeds Most Affected

Crossbred Canine/dog 7
Shih Tzu 6
Retriever - Labrador 6
Cattle Dog - Australian (blue heeler, red heeler, Queensland cattledog) 4
Terrier (unspecified) 3
Retriever - Golden 3
Rottweiler 3
Spitz - German Pomeranian 2
Domestic Shorthair 2
Terrier - Boston 2

Associated Drugs

Maropitant Citrate 25
Bedinvetmab 13
Moxidectin 12
Prednisone 12
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel 10
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 8
Carprofen 7
Famotidine 7
Pantoprazole 7
Doxycycline 7
Gabapentin 7
Dexamethasone 6
Sucralfate 6
Cefovecin 5
Blood Transfusion 5
Omeprazole 5
Trazodone 5
Metronidazole 4
Diphenhydramine Hcl 4
Amoxicillin Trihydrate;Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) 4

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Saline slide agglutination test, positive, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass (the volume chart above is the unfloored photo-finish strip).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (51.4% here), distinct from the volume row.

What to do with this reaction

A report does not prove a drug caused the reaction; consult a veterinarian before acting on this data.

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (CVM AER) · 2025

openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (FDA CVM) for Saline slide agglutination test, positive (#1578 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 51.4%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded share stamp 51.4% · vintage 2025.

Informational only. FDA adverse-event reports are voluntary and do not prove causation; consult a veterinarian before acting on them. Verify with FDA CVM →