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Table 161.1 Ingredients reported to cause adverse food reaction
VetBooks.ir
(AFR) in dogs and cats (in order of reported incidence)
Ingredients causing
canine AFRs Ingredients causing feline
AFRs
Beef Beef
Dairy Dairy
Chicken Fish
Wheat Chicken
Egg Corn
Soy Lamb
Lamb Wheat
Pork Egg
Fish
Corn
Turkey
Rice
Duck

Figure 161.2 Erythematous otitis externa in an 8‐year‐old, female
spayed golden retriever with adverse food reaction.

Figure 161.1 Periocular lichenification, crusting, and
hyperpigmentation in a 15‐year‐old, female mixed‐breed dog with
adverse food reaction.

some dogs. In one dog, erythema multiforme was appar-
ently triggered by an adverse food reaction. Concurrent Figure 161.3 Ventral lichenification, ulceration, and crusting in a
allergic diseases such as atopic dermatitis due to envi- 7‐year‐old, male castrated schnauzer with adverse food reaction.
ronmental allergens or flea bite hypersensitivity are seen
in 20–75% of patients, depending on the study. Gender and miniature schnauzers. In a recent study from
predispositions have not been reported. Switzerland, West Highland white terriers, Rhodesian
As adverse food reaction and nonseasonal environ- ridgebacks, boxers, and pugs were predisposed.
mentally induced atopic dermatitis have identical cuta- In cats, all cutaneous reaction patterns associated with
neous signs and are often present concurrently, breeds flea allergy or environmental allergy can also be due to
seemingly overrepresented include West Highland white an adverse food reaction. Food‐induced miliary dermati-
terriers, Labrador and golden retrievers, American tis, noninflammatory alopecia, eosinophilic granuloma,
cocker and English springer spaniels, Chinese shar‐peis, and head and neck pruritus have all been reported.