Tips to Prevent Food Allergy Flare-Ups in Your Pet
What Happens
Any Pet Can Have an Allergy
Foods Most Likely to Cause a Flare
How to Find the Trigger
Pinpoint the Problem
Take Extra Care With Cats
How (Not) to Test
Watch Your Pet Like a Hawk
Support With a Special Diet
Pros and Cons of Homemade Food
Does Going Gluten-Free Help?
What Else Could It Be?
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SOURCES:
Cummings Veterinary Medical Center at Tufts University: “What every pet owner should know about food allergies,” “Feeding the homemade diet.”
Cornell Feline Health Center: “Food Allergies.”
YourDog.com/Cummings Veterinary Medical Center at Tufts University: “Chance Are It’s Not a Food Allergy for Your Dog.”
Pet Food Institute: “Food Allergies.”
Merck Veterinary Manual: “Overview of Food Allergy,” “Feline Hepatic Lipidosis.”
Louisiana State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital: “Food Allergy: Canine Food Allergy.”
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery: “Food Allergy in the Cat: Diagnosis by Elimination.”
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition: “Food Allergy in Dogs and Cats: A Review.”
American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology: “Wheat Allergy.”
Gut: “Dietary modulation of gluten sensitivity in a naturally occurring enteropathy of Irish setter dogs.”
8th World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology, Bordeaux, France 2017: “Inaccuracy of Hair and Saliva Test in for Allergies in Dogs.”