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VeDDRA Code: 3073

81 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

81
Total Reports
15
Deaths
1850.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 65
Cat 16

Breeds Most Affected

Dog (unknown) 7
Domestic Shorthair 6
Chihuahua 5
Shih Tzu 5
Maltese 5
Terrier - Yorkshire 4
Crossbred Canine/dog 4
Retriever - Labrador 4
Retriever - Golden 3
Pinscher - Miniature 3

Associated Drugs

Maropitant Citrate 11
Fluid Therapy 10
Afoxolaner 9
Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate 6
Oclacitinib Maleate 5
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 5
Lotilaner 5
Gabapentin 5
Bordetella Vaccine 5
Cefovecin 4
Nitenpyram 4
Dexmedetomidine 4
Rabies Vaccine 4
Leptospirosis Vaccine 4
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 4
Ivermectin + Pyrantel As Pamoate Salt 3
Afoxolaner 150Mg / Moxidectin 720Mcg / Pyrantel 300Mg Chewable Tablet 3
Afoxolaner 18.75Mg / Moxidectin 90Mcg / Pyrantel 37.5Mg Chewable Tablet 3
Ketamine, Butorphanol 3
Bedinvetmab 3

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 81
Reports with fatal outcome 15
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 1850.0%
Species observed 2
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 3073.

Vomiting foam Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 81 adverse event reports that reference Vomiting foam as a reaction term, including 15 reports with a death outcome — a 1850.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 3073, 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.

Vomiting foam appears most frequently in reports for Dog (65 reports), Cat (16 reports) — with Dog dominating at 65 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Dog (unknown) (7), Domestic Shorthair (6), Chihuahua (5). 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 Vomiting foam are Maropitant Citrate (11 reports), Fluid Therapy (10 reports), Afoxolaner (9 reports), Praziquantel + Pyrantel Pamoate (6 reports), with Maropitant Citrate appearing alongside this reaction in 11 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