Scaly condition NOS

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VeDDRA Code: 1735

155 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

155
Total Reports
8
Deaths
520.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 134
Cat 18
Horse 2
Human 1

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 20
Domestic Shorthair 10
Crossbred Canine/dog 8
Collie - Border 8
Chihuahua 7
Terrier - Rat 5
Schnauzer - Miniature 5
Terrier - Boston 4
Domestic Longhair 4
Beagle 4

Associated Drugs

Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 25
Oclacitinib Maleate 15
Trilostane 13
Selamectin 8
Afoxolaner 8
Carprofen 7
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 7
Anti-Il31 Mab Mcs Lot #1283563 7
Bedinvetmab 7
Spinosad 6
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 6
Cefovecin 5
Prednisone 5
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 5
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 5
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin 4
Fish Oil 4
Cefpodoxime Proxetil 4
Grapiprant 4
Sarolaner 4

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 155
Reports with fatal outcome 8
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 520.0%
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 1735.

Scaly condition NOS Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 155 adverse event reports that reference Scaly condition NOS as a reaction term, including 8 reports with a death outcome — a 520.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 1735, 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.

Scaly condition NOS appears most frequently in reports for Dog (134 reports), Cat (18 reports), Horse (2 reports) — with Dog dominating at 134 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Retriever - Labrador (20), Domestic Shorthair (10), Crossbred Canine/dog (8). 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 Scaly condition NOS are Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (25 reports), Oclacitinib Maleate (15 reports), Trilostane (13 reports), Selamectin (8 reports), with Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad appearing alongside this reaction in 25 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