Stillbirth

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VeDDRA Code: 791

200 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

200
Total Reports
77
Deaths
3850.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 136
Cattle 24
Cat 11
Pig 8
Horse 7
Rabbit 6
Sheep 4
Goat 3
Other Mammals 1

Breeds Most Affected

Dog (unknown) 15
Retriever - Labrador 12
Retriever - Golden 8
Cattle (unknown) 7
Shepherd Dog - German 7
Shepherd Dog - Australian 7
Schnauzer - Miniature 6
New Zealand White 6
Bulldog 6
Collie - Border 5

Associated Drugs

Fluralaner Chew Tablets 23
Spinosad 20
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 16
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin 13
Nitenpyram 11
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 11
Monensin Sodium 6
Afoxolaner 6
Ivermectin 5
Fenbendazol Granules 5
Fenbendazole 5
Sarolaner 5
Isoflurane 4
Milbemycin Oxime 4
Enrofloxacin 4
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 4
Selamectin 4
Florfenicol 3
Ponazuril 3
Tilmicosin Phosphate 3

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 200
Reports with fatal outcome 77
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 3850.0%
Species observed 9
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 791.

Stillbirth Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 200 adverse event reports that reference Stillbirth as a reaction term, including 77 reports with a death outcome — a 3850.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 791, 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.

Stillbirth appears most frequently in reports for Dog (136 reports), Cattle (24 reports), Cat (11 reports) — with Dog dominating at 136 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Dog (unknown) (15), Retriever - Labrador (12), Retriever - Golden (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 Stillbirth are Fluralaner Chew Tablets (23 reports), Spinosad (20 reports), Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (16 reports), Imidacloprid + Moxidectin (13 reports), with Fluralaner Chew Tablets appearing alongside this reaction in 23 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