Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for sunburn

Name: Sunburn - FDA Animal Adverse Reaction
Creator: PlainBreed
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

14 FDA reports name sunburn, a lower-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 957). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#2340 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions): 14
reports citing this reaction: 21.4%
death-coded share: Dog
most-affected species

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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. Sunburn has 14 reports now versus 14 in that prior snapshot: 0 the same number of (0.0%).

Report change: +0
Death-coded reports: +0
Death-coded share: −0.0 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.

Subscribe to Sunburn changes

FDA AER · VeDDRA plate

Code 957 VOL-TRACE

VOL-TRACE · DEATH-HOT · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

VOL-TRACE 14 reports
DEATH-HOT 21.4%
BOTTOM-DECILE #2340/2481
PHOTO-FINISH Addisonian crisis
SPECIES-DOG Dog · 5
DRUG-LEAD Florfenicol Premi… · 4
DESK-WIDE 9 breeds
BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Addisonian crisis (±0 reports)

Instrument codes from this reaction’s FDA CVM adverse-event extract: volume band, death-coded share, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead species, lead drug, breed desk, and book completeness. Not a clinical diagnosis.

Lower-volume neighbourhood around Sunburn

Lower-third volume poles plus nearest peers, not a full reaction corpus board reprint.

FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Sunburn

What the FDA AER plate says about Sunburn

Signature read: 14 reports place Sunburn in the lower third of FDA AER volume (#2340 of 2,481). Report volume is lower-third scale: 14 named reports in the openFDA extract. 3 of 14 reports were death-coded (21.4% of named reports, not a population mortality rate). Nearest volume peer: Addisonian crisis (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (5). Lead co-reported drug Florfenicol Premix Pwd Aquacul (4).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, Lead co-reported drug Florfenicol Premix Pwd Aquacul appears in filings alongside this reaction; that is association, not causation. Browse the full reactions index or the about page for how PlainBreed frames FDA CVM extracts.

Species Most Affected

Dog 5

Fish 4

Human 2

Horse 2

Cattle 1

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 3

Trout - Golden/Rainbow/Redband/Steelhead 3

Unknown 2

Terrier - Bull - Staffordshire 1

Pug 1

Pacific Salmon, Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) 1

Devon (other) 1

Quarter Horse 1

Horse (unknown) 1

Associated Drugs

Florfenicol Premix Pwd Aquacul 4

Oclacitinib Maleate 2

Firocoxib 227 Mg 1

Fipronil 9.8%/S-Methoprene 8.8%/ Amitraz 22.1% Spot-On 1

Cyclosporine 1

Prednisone 1

Cephalexin 1

Cyclosporin Ointment 1

Flunixin Megl Topical Solution 1

Moxidectin 1

Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 1

Milbemycin Oxime, Praziquantel 1

Fluralaner 1

Firocoxib 1

Pergolide Mesylate 1

What to do with this reaction

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

openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (FDA CVM) for Sunburn (#2340 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 21.4%. PlainBreed reaction plate · report volume stamp 14 · vintage 2025.

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