Suspension, Abnormal

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VeDDRA Code: 99024

3,379 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

3,379
Total Reports
11
Deaths
30.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Unknown 3,243
Dog 77
Cat 46
Cattle 10
Horse 3

Breeds Most Affected

Unknown 3,244
Domestic Shorthair 24
Crossbred Canine/dog 19
Dog (unknown) 11
Domestic (unspecified) 8
Holstein-Friesian also known as Holstein 6
Terrier - Jack Russell 5
Retriever - Labrador 5
Cat (unknown) 4
Schnauzer - Miniature 3

Associated Drugs

Amoxicillin, Clavulanate 584
Amoxicillin Trihydrate;Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) 535
Moxidectin 440
Amoxicillin Trihydrate; Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) 246
Insulin Injectable Vial 207
Ceftiofur Sodium 141
Triamcinolone Acetonide 121
Amoxicillin As Amoxicillin Trihydrate; Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) 120
Amoxicillin As Trihydrate; Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) 85
Ceftiofur Hydrochloride 75
Penicillin G Procaine 71
Recombinant Human Insulin 70
Cefovecin 61
Methylprednisolone Acetate 57
Porcine Insulin 54
Propofol 48
Human Insulin 42
Meloxicam 28
Protamine Zinc Recombinant Human Insulin 26
Amoxicillin (As Trihydrate); Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) 24

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 3,379
Reports with fatal outcome 11
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 30.0%
Species observed 5
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 99024.

Suspension, Abnormal Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 3,379 adverse event reports that reference Suspension, Abnormal as a reaction term, including 11 reports with a death outcome — a 30.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 99024, 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.

Suspension, Abnormal appears most frequently in reports for Unknown (3,243 reports), Dog (77 reports), Cat (46 reports) — with Unknown dominating at 3,243 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Unknown (3,244), Domestic Shorthair (24), Crossbred Canine/dog (19). 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 Suspension, Abnormal are Amoxicillin, Clavulanate (584 reports), Amoxicillin Trihydrate;Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) (535 reports), Moxidectin (440 reports), Amoxicillin Trihydrate; Clavulanate Potassium ( K-Clavulanate) (246 reports), with Amoxicillin, Clavulanate appearing alongside this reaction in 584 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