Abstract— The literature on food allergy in dogs and cats is reviewed and 33 cases in dogs and 10 cases in cats, seen in Aquitaine, France, are described. Clinical aspects, diagnosis and aetiology are emphasised and compared with published data. Résumé— Cet article fait la synthèse des données bibliographiques concernant l'allergie alimentaire chez le chien et le chat. Puis les auteurs présentent 33 cas de la maladie chez le chien et 10 cas chez le chat, observés en Aquitaine (France). Les aspects cliniques, diagnostiques et étiologiques sont soulignés et comparés aux données de la littérature. Zusammenfassung— In diesem Artikel wird ein Rückblick über die Futtermittel‐allergie bie Hund und Katze in der Literatur gegeben. 33 Fälle dieser Erkrankung bei Hunden und 10 bei Katzen in Aquitanien, Frankreich, werden beschrieben. Klinische Aspekte, Diagnostik und Ätiologie werden herausgestellt und mit den Literaturangaben verglichen. Resumen  Este artículo presenta una revisión bibliográfica de la alergia alimentaria en el perro y en el gato. A continuación se presentan los datos clinicos de 33 casos de alergia alimentaria en perros y de 10 casos de alergia alimentaria en gatos, diagnosticados en Aquitania, Francia. Se describen los signos clinicos, el diagnóstico y la etiologia y se comparan éstos con los descritos en la bibliografia.

Microcalcifications taken from 50 systematized mammary excisions were submitted to light microscopic and scanning electron microscope analysis. Microprobe and x-ray diffraction analyses were also performed. Two main types were observed: Type I microcalcifications composed of weddellite crystals. They were observed in benign breast lesions only (11 cases out of 21) or, in lobular carcinomas in situ (L.C.I.S.) of the breast (5 cases out of 6). They were not seen in 3 cases of intraductal carcinoma (I.D.C.) nor in infiltrating (I.C.) carcinomas (20 cases). Type II microcalcifications, non-cristalline in nature, composed of calcium, phosphate, hydroxyapatite or of phosphorus and calcium associated with other elements, were observed in benign lesions (10 cases out of 21) and in all cases of infiltrating carcinomas. The microcalcifications observed on mammography were also found on the radiographs of systematised mammary excisions from the lesion or from its immediate vicinity, but only when using the appropriate technique. Microcalcifications are therefore an excellent marker of breast lesions but they cannot be simply divided into "benign" or "malignant" types. Nevertheless, the presence of a visible crystalline structure on the radiograph of the specimen argues in favour of a benign breast lesion or of a lobular carcinoma in situ.

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Biotin-cyclopentadienylmanganese tricarbonyl (biotin-cymantrene; biotin-Cy) is proposed as a universal metallo-tracer for immunoassays. Associated with the possibility of detecting this type of label (organometallic moieties) along with different analytical procedures, this reagent appears to be a universal system with the advantages of being inexpensive, stable and directly detected (no substrate is required). The optimum conditions for detecting the organometallic label biotin-Cy with a Zeeman atomic absorption spectrometer and the affinity of biotin-Cy for the streptavidin ligand immobilized on the walls of microtitre plates, wells or tubes are described. The results obtained demonstrate the possibility of assaying a wide range of clinical parameters because the detection limit of biotin-Cy is about 1 pg per assay. Based on the competition between immobilized bovine serum albumin adsorbed on the wall and free bovine serum albumin for specific polyclonal antibodies, the streptavidin-metallo-biotin system was tested on a competitive immunoassay model and a satisfactory calibration graph was obtained.