Food Allergy In Dogs And Cats. A Review and Report of 43 Cases

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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.

A retrospective study of canine cutaneous food allergy at a Veterinary Teaching Hospital from Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil

“…For these authors, cutaneous food allergy may occur at any age. Most authors consulted (WHITE, 1986;CARloTTI et al, 1990;HARVEY, 1993;RoSSER, 1993) report that nearly 50% of the cutaneous food allergy cases have the clinical signs onset in the first year of life, which differs from this research. The most affected age groups were 41.4% (n=12) from 36 to 72 months olds, 31% (n=9) from 12 to 24 months olds, 20.7% (n=6) from 84 to 96 months olds, and 3.4% (n=1) were 108 months old.…”

“…Gastrointestinal signs were verified in two dogs that besides the dermatological signs, also presented diarrhea and feces with mucus, although rarely present in cutaneous food allergy (CARloTTI et al, 1990;IHRKE, 2009;PRoVERBIo et al, 2010). These dogs had the clinical history of having received several treatments for gastroenteritis with no clinical response, and have recovered after the hypoallergenic dietary trial.…”

“…In dogs, one third to half of the cases of cutaneous food allergy involve patients with less than one year old (WHITE, 1986;CARloTTI et al, 1990;HARVEY, 1993;RoSSER, 1993;WIllEMSE, 1995), although MEDlEAU & HNIlICA (2001) report that the onset may occur at any age. Furthermore, no sex predisposition has been identified for cutaneous food allergy (IHRKE, 2009).…”

“…It is believed that 15% of canine population has any type of allergy, context in which food allergy is the third in incidence, preceded by flea/tick allergy dermatitis and atopic dermatitis (CARloTTI et al, 1990;SCoTT et al, 2001;IHRKE, 2009). In Brazil, there are only a few reports on allergic dermatitis in general.…”

“…Any food has the potential to induce adverse reactions, but only a limited group of dietary ingredients was identified in veterinary medicine as responsible for those reactions (HENSEl, 2010), and they are wheat, beef, rice, lamb, soy, fish and dairy (WHITE, 1986;CARloTTI et al, 1990;SAlZo & lARSSoN, 2009). Most studies were developed in other countries and more information about the antigenicity of food components used in pet food production in Brazil is lacking.…”