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When do you use serological allergy screening?
Allergy screens are increasingly recognised by veterinary surgeons to provide
a useful aid in the diagnosis and management of allergic disease in cats and dogs.
This is what you told us in our research last year, with 9 out of 10 vets who
had used the YorkTest service recommending it to colleagues.
• For gastrointestinal symptoms the Food Allergy Test was used very soon in the
work up procedure to assist in selecting the correct dietary therapy.
• Cat respiratory and dog and cat behavioural symptoms and otitis are increasingly
acknowledged as well as the classic gastrointestinal and dermatological signs
of allergic disease.
• Dermatologists stated they used the tests particularly for small dogs and cats
where intradermal testing was more difficult to perform.