Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with toxic food allergy causing severe skin itching and wounds
By Haryo, Albiruni·Published in Jurnal Medik Veteriner·2019·View original on Crossref →
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Original publication title: Case Report: Canine Toxication Food Allergic
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A dog named Choky was brought in with severe skin irritations, including itching and open wounds, likely due to a food allergy. After a thorough examination and lab tests, the vet determined that Choky had a toxic allergic reaction from his food. To help him recover, the vet recommended switching to a different dog food with lower protein, increasing his exercise, and giving him a transfer factor supplement along with a low dose of antihistamines. With these changes, Choky showed improvement and was on the road to recovery.
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Abstract
Canine allergies has a most common symptoms occur as skin irritations : itching, scratching, digging, and gnawing at the skin, often to the point of creating open raw wounds over large areas of the body. For the confirmation diagnosis, the patient has to be checked by laboratories examination. Based on anamneses, clinical examination and laboratories, it is logical to conclude that this dog which names choky suffers toxic allergic because of toxic accumulation from his food and the prognose was fausta. The treatments which were given for the dog are changing dog food, reducing the total protein in food at least one week, dietic protein and increasing exercise, also scalling for decreasing the plack in dog teeth. Moreover, Choky was given transfer factor supplement and antihistamin with low dosage.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Crossref: https://doi.org/10.20473/jmv.vol2.iss2.2019.158-161