Just cutting the chicken won’t cut it! Tips and tricks on how to perform successful diet trials
Performing an elimination diet trial is a crucial step in the diagnostic workup of pets with non-seasonal pruritus. One of the most common comments we hear from owners of allergic pets is their desire to ‘get to the root cause’ of their pet’s itching, but this cannot be done without a proper diet trial. Introduction: Getting to the "root cause" Essential to allergic pet's work-up Daily basis comment from clients: want to get to root cause of pet's itching rather then continuing symptomatic management Ultimately in order to get to the root cause of a pet's itching, we have to do a diet trial. There is really no way to get to the root cause and identify whether or not we're dealing with food allergies, environmental allergies or a combination of both, unless we actually do a proper diet trial What is a food allergy? Immunologic Trigger: Adverse food reaction that triggers the immune system to a food item Not dose dependent meaning pet's...