Exotic pet allergy

Phillips, Joshua F.; Lockey, Richard F.

doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2008.09.019

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“…Generally, intensive contact with any animal, including diverse arthropods, reptiles, birds, and mammals, can induce allergic reactions (3, 4). Apart from ubiquitous mites and cockroaches, the most frequent allergies developed are those to domesticated mammals with fur that are typically kept as pets or farm animals (1, 5).…”

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Animal Allergens and Their Presence in the Environment

2014

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Exposure to animal allergens is a major risk factor for sensitization and allergic diseases. Besides mites and cockroaches, the most important animal allergens are derived from mammals. Cat and dog allergies affect the general population; whereas, allergies to rodents or cattle is an occupational problem. Exposure to animal allergens is not limited to direct contact to animals. Based on their aerodynamic properties, mammalian allergens easily become airborne, attach to clothing and hair, and can be spread from one environment to another. For example, the major cat allergen Fel d 1 was frequently found in homes without pets and in public buildings, including schools, day-care centers, and hospitals. Allergen concentrations in a particular environment showed high variability depending on numerous factors. Assessment of allergen exposure levels is a stepwise process that involves dust collection, allergen quantification, and data analysis. Whereas a number of different dust sampling strategies are used, ELISA assays have prevailed in the last years as the standard technique for quantification of allergen concentrations. This review focuses on allergens arising from domestic, farm, and laboratory animals and describes the ubiquity of mammalian allergens in the human environment. It includes an overview of exposure assessment studies carried out in different indoor settings (homes, schools, workplaces) using numerous sampling and analytical methods and summarizes significant factors influencing exposure levels. However, methodological differences among studies have contributed to the variability of the findings and make comparisons between studies difficult. Therefore, a general standardization of methods is needed and recommended.

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Animal Allergens and Their Presence in the Environment

2014

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“…1 According to pet industry statistics, 1 million rabbits are kept as pets in the United Kingdom; 24.6 million small animals, including rabbits, guinea pigs, and hamsters, are present in European Union households; and 16 million small animals are present in the United States. 2 Rabbits are considered the most popular mammalian pets after cats and dogs.…”

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Identification and isolation of a Fel d 1–like molecule as a major rabbit allergen

Hilger¹,

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Arumugam³

et al. 2014

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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“…However, some of these pet insects are produced for other purpose such as honey bees, silkworms, and house crickets for which a domestication process is acknowledged (see previous sections). For other species, such as hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa), mass/small-scale, and/or amateur production are practiced [198][199][200][201][202]. As for other "exotic" pets (e.g., [18]), these productions involve (i) a full control by humans on the life cycle in captive conditions since a large part of the production is completed out of the species native range and (ii), thus, an advanced domestication process (level 4, Figure 1).…”

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Insects: The Disregarded Domestication Histories

Lecocq¹

2019

Animal Domestication

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Domestication has irrevocably impacted human evolution. The domestication process/ pathways have been the focus of abundant research for plants and vertebrates. Advances in genetics and archeology have allowed tremendous progresses in the understanding of domestication for these organisms. In contrast, insects' domestication has comparatively received far less attention to date. Yet, insects are the most common animal group on Earth and provide many valuable ecosystem services to humans. Therefore, the aims of this chapter are (i) to provide an overview of main ancient and recent insect domestication histories and (ii) to reread them by the light of the domestication process, pathways, triggers, and consequences observed in other animal species. Some of the considered species (i.e., silkworm and honey bee) have been chosen because they are among the few insects commonly acknowledged as domesticated, while others allow illustrating alternative domestication patterns. The overview of current literature shows similar humandirected pathway and domestication syndrome (e.g., increased tameness, decreased aggressiveness, modified reproduction) between several insect species.

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Exotic pet allergy

Cited by 26 publications

References 15 publications

Animal Allergens and Their Presence in the Environment

Animal Allergens and Their Presence in the Environment

Identification and isolation of a Fel d 1–like molecule as a major rabbit allergen

Insects: The Disregarded Domestication Histories

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