Cutaneous Adverse Food Reactions

Cutaneous Adverse Food Reactions addresses the clinical challenges of food-related skin conditions in companion animals. The book distinguishes between immunologic food allergies and non-immunologic food intolerances, noting their symptomatic similarity to environmental atopic dermatitis. It identifies common triggers like beef, dairy, and wheat in dogs, and beef, chicken, and fish in cats. The text emphasizes the elimination diet trial (EDT) as the gold standard for diagnosis, detailing the process of using novel or hydrolyzed proteins followed by dietary provocation to confirm specific allergens.

1. Introduction Frequency; 2. Aetiopathogenesis (Allergens involved in CAFRs, Pathogenesis); 3. Clinical signs (Age of onset, Clinical signs in dogs, Clinical signs in cats); 4. Diagnosis (Complementary tests, Elimination diet, Reexposure, Allergen-specific IgE and IgG antibodies, Lymphocyte stimulation test, Patch test); 5. Management