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  1. lemurchaser

    Interesting thing my vet told us tonight about dogs and allergies.

    So I find this all interesting, so I've spent the past few hours doing journal and internet searches. Here is what I've found: 1. Environmental allergies are much more common than food allergies (food allergies are about 5-10% of allergies, depends on the source, but some places had much...
  2. lemurchaser

    Interesting thing my vet told us tonight about dogs and allergies.

    Quote: Then why do the veterinary dermatologists not recommend it. I've seen two of them and neither one recommended blood tests, they both said that skin testing was the only way to go. And allergies is mostly what they do. I'll have to see if there are studies comparing the two tests, I'm...
  3. lemurchaser

    Interesting thing my vet told us tonight about dogs and allergies.

    Quote: Blood testing is considered the least accurate form of allergy testing. The only real way to see if they have a food allergy is to do an elimination diet/food trial for 8-12 weeks. Then to really tell what they are allergic to, you have to add foods back until symptoms return...
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