Tremor

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VeDDRA Code: 1852

7,718 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

7,718
Total Reports
539
Deaths
700.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 6,761
Cat 891
Horse 22
Human 12
Cattle 10
Pig 6
Rabbit 3
Sheep 2
Guinea Pig 2
Unknown 2

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 572
Domestic Shorthair 566
Terrier - Yorkshire 481
Crossbred Canine/dog 461
Chihuahua 384
Retriever - Golden 295
Shih Tzu 258
Dog (unknown) 241
Maltese 205
Terrier (unspecified) 175

Associated Drugs

Sarolaner 1,373
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 1,265
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 968
Afoxolaner 668
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 327
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 266
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 239
Spinosad 235
Maropitant Citrate 215
Selamectin 211
Ivermectin 200
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel 185
Oclacitinib Maleate 178
Imidacloprid + Moxidectin 173
Moxidectin 165
Trilostane 159
Bedinvetmab 156
Lotilaner 147
Gabapentin 140
Selamectin;Sarolaner 131

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 7,718
Reports with fatal outcome 539
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 700.0%
Species observed 10
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 1852.

Tremor Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 7,718 adverse event reports that reference Tremor as a reaction term, including 539 reports with a death outcome — a 700.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 1852, 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.

Tremor appears most frequently in reports for Dog (6,761 reports), Cat (891 reports), Horse (22 reports) — with Dog dominating at 6,761 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Retriever - Labrador (572), Domestic Shorthair (566), Terrier - Yorkshire (481). 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 Tremor are Sarolaner (1,373 reports), Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (1,265 reports), Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner (968 reports), Afoxolaner (668 reports), with Sarolaner appearing alongside this reaction in 1,373 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