Tremor of limb

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VeDDRA Code: 1853

684 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

684
Total Reports
47
Deaths
690.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 618
Cat 64
Hamster 1
Horse 1

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 59
Domestic Shorthair 48
Crossbred Canine/dog 42
Retriever - Golden 39
Terrier - Yorkshire 31
Shih Tzu 23
Dog (unknown) 23
Chihuahua 21
Terrier - Jack Russell 17
Boxer (German Boxer) 17

Associated Drugs

Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 98
Afoxolaner 94
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 92
Sarolaner 69
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 40
Fluralaner Chew Tablets 31
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 29
Bedinvetmab 27
Carprofen 18
Oclacitinib Maleate 17
Spinosad 16
Selamectin 16
Moxidectin 15
Cyclosporine A 12
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel 12
Fluralaner Spot-On Solution 12
Maropitant Citrate 12
Lotilaner 11
Gabapentin 10
Milbemycin Oxime 9

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 684
Reports with fatal outcome 47
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 690.0%
Species observed 4
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 1853.

Tremor of limb Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 684 adverse event reports that reference Tremor of limb as a reaction term, including 47 reports with a death outcome — a 690.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 1853, 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 of limb appears most frequently in reports for Dog (618 reports), Cat (64 reports), Hamster (1 reports) — with Dog dominating at 618 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Retriever - Labrador (59), Domestic Shorthair (48), Crossbred Canine/dog (42). 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 of limb are Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (98 reports), Afoxolaner (94 reports), Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner (92 reports), Sarolaner (69 reports), with Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad appearing alongside this reaction in 98 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