Reaction profile
The FDA adverse-event record for swallowing difficult
300 FDA adverse-event reports reference swallowing difficult (VeDDRA 1808). Plate codes and volume neighbourhood below; species, breeds, and drugs follow.
- #868 of 2,481
- by report volume (all reactions)
- 300
- reports citing this reaction
- 21.0%
- death-coded share
- Dog
- most-affected species
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. Swallowing difficult has 300 reports now versus 295 in that prior snapshot: 5 more (1.7%).
- Report change
- +5
- Death-coded reports
- +2
- Death-coded share
- +0.3 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 Swallowing difficult changesFDA AER · VeDDRA plate
Code 1808 VOL-LOW
VOL-LOW · DEATH-HOT · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL
- VOL-LOW 300 reports
- DEATH-HOT 21.0%
- MID-PACK #868/2481
- PHOTO-FINISH Lack of efficacy (ect…
- SPECIES-DOG Dog · 217
- DRUG-LEAD Maropitant Citrate · 38
- DESK-WIDE 20 breeds
- BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields
Nearest volume peer: Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - Sarcoptes (±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.
Report-volume neighbourhood around Swallowing difficult
Highest and lowest poles plus nearest volume peers, not a full 2,500-reaction corpus board reprint.
What the FDA AER plate says about Swallowing difficult
Signature read: 63 death-coded reports is a heavy tail count for Swallowing difficult in the CVM extract. Report volume sits in the middle third of the reaction corpus. 63 of 300 reports were death-coded (21.0% of named reports, not a population mortality rate). Nearest volume peer: Lack of efficacy (ectoparasite) - Sarcoptes (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (217). Lead co-reported drug Maropitant Citrate (38).
Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, Lead co-reported drug Maropitant Citrate 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
Breeds Most Affected
Associated Drugs
Nationwide reactions with similar profiles
Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Swallowing difficult, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass (the volume chart above is the unfloored photo-finish strip).
Similar report volume
Nearest other reactions by FDA report count (300 here).
Similar death-coded share
Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (21.0% here), distinct from the volume row.
What to do with this reaction
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Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (CVM AER) · 2025
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