Did you ever wonder how we came up with a recommendation for 8 weeks for an elimination diet trial? Or why there aren’t other options for allergy testing besides elimination diet trials?
Or what the most common food allergens are for dogs and cats that you might see in your clinic? Well, wonder no more! Two of the foremost leaders in veterinary dermatology research, Drs. Ralf Mueller and Thierry Olivry, have compiled 9 different review papers on all things food allergy, synthesizing all of the knowledge that has been obtained on the subject via peer reviewed studies in the best academic journals over the last few decades.
These review articles are open access and available on BiomedCentral for free download. Please take advantage of this resource to help yourself better diagnose and treat food allergies in your clinic. If 9 papers sounds like way too much to read, you can check out Dr. Meagan Painter’s excellent case write up of canine food allergy in our “Clinical Cases” section. Good luck working up those food allergies!