Figure 1. Description of the elimination and challenge trial.

Dietary options for diagnosis of cutaneous adverse food reactions

The diets used for the elimination part of the trial are called elimination diets. These are sometimes referred to as ‘hypoallergenic’, but as allergenicity of a diet depends not only on the diet but...

Figure 3. A 5 year old male entire Springer Spaniel with severe saliva staining on the dorsal aspects of the hindpaws.

Canine atopic dermatitis

The previous definition of canine atopic dermatitis was of a ‘genetically predisposed inflammatory and pruritic allergic skin disease with characteristic clinical features associated with...