Stress leukogram

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VeDDRA Code: 2589

181 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

181
Total Reports
41
Deaths
2270.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 153
Cat 23
Horse 5

Breeds Most Affected

Domestic Shorthair 16
Retriever - Labrador 14
Crossbred Canine/dog 12
Retriever - Golden 9
Chihuahua 7
Shih Tzu 6
Boxer (German Boxer) 6
Shepherd Dog - German 6
Beagle 4
American Pit Bull Terrier 4

Associated Drugs

Trilostane 51
Maropitant Citrate 17
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 15
Gabapentin 14
Grapiprant 11
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel 10
Oclacitinib Maleate 9
Prednisone 9
Moxidectin 9
Afoxolaner 8
Carprofen 8
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 7
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 7
Bedinvetmab 7
Melarsomine Dihydrochloride 6
Leptospira Canicola L-15 Strain C-51;Leptospira Grippotyphosa 1550 Lot 10005 Str 6
Diphenhydramine 5
Bordetella Vaccine 5
Doxycycline 5
Furosemide 5

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 181
Reports with fatal outcome 41
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 2270.0%
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 2589.

Stress leukogram Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 181 adverse event reports that reference Stress leukogram as a reaction term, including 41 reports with a death outcome — a 2270.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 2589, 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.

Stress leukogram appears most frequently in reports for Dog (153 reports), Cat (23 reports), Horse (5 reports) — with Dog dominating at 153 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Domestic Shorthair (16), Retriever - Labrador (14), Crossbred Canine/dog (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 Stress leukogram are Trilostane (51 reports), Maropitant Citrate (17 reports), Fluralaner Chew Tablets (15 reports), Gabapentin (14 reports), with Trilostane appearing alongside this reaction in 51 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