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Table 1 Details of studies about allergens suspected of causing CAFRs in cats

From: Critically appraised topic on adverse food reactions of companion animals (2): common food allergen sources in dogs and cats

Reference

Number of dogs

Number of individual rechallenges per dog

Details of rechallenges

Offending allergens and comments

Walton [2]

82

unclear

unclear

cow's milk (22), tinned food (16), beef (13), wheat (11), mutton (6), egg, pork (3 each), herring (2), cod, maize, rabbit, dog biscuits, kidney bean (1 each)

Chesney [4]

19

unclear, but only 9 owners rechallenged their dogs

unclear

beef (4), milk (3), chicken, dog biscuit (2 each), cheese, turkey, pork (1 each)

Guilford et al. [5]

8

3 to 6

rechallenge with corn, soy, cow's milk (8/8 each), wheat (2/8), lamb (7/8), beef (3/8) (14-16 g of each, once daily for 14 days)

corn (2), wheat, milk (1 each)

Harvey [7]

25

at least 6

1 week of beef, milk, cheese, egg, mixer biscuit, bread in all dogs, additionally chicken, lamb and chocolate one each in 3 of the dogs

bread and mixer biscuit (same 7 dogs), cheese and milk (same 7 dogs), beef (2), egg, lamb, chocolate (1 each)

Ishida et al. [8]

8

9

beef, chicken, chicken egg, wheat, corn, rice, tuna, cod, milk (increasing to 120 g daily for 7 days)

beef (5), rice (3), egg, wheat, cod (1 each)

Jeffers et al. [9]

13

6

beef, cow's milk, chicken, chicken egg, soybean, wheat for 1 week each

beef (12), milk (5), wheat (4), chicken, soybean (3 each), egg (2)

Jeffers et al. [10]

25

5

beef, chicken, chicken eggs, cow's milk, soy for 1 week each

beef (15), soy (8), chicken, milk (7 each), wheat (6), 5 (egg)

Mueller and Tsohalis [11]

8

unclear

unclear

beef (7), dairy (1), chicken (1)

Ohmori et al. [12]

1

unclear

unclear

beef

Paterson [13]

20

at least 5

Beef, dairy products, wheat, lamb and chicken for one week each as one additional test meal while on elimination diet followed by other allergens based on diet history

beef (13), lamb (5), gluten, egg (4 each), chicken, milk, pork (2 each), soy, corn (1 each)

Salzo [16]

20

unclear

7 days of rechallenge

beef (11), chicken (7), rice (5), milk, wheat (1 each)

Vaden et al. [17]

6

7

1 meal containing a different allergen every other day

chicken, corn (5 each), tofu (3), cottage cheese, wheat, lamb (2)

Coyner [18]

1

1

unclear

beef

Mueller et al. [20]

1

5

rechallenge with beef, cow's milk, chicken, mutton, wheat, details unclear

beef

Nicholls et al. [21]

2

unclear

unclear

beef (2)

Johansen et al. [23]

4

unclear

unclear

beef (2), pork, salmon (1 each)

Johansen et al. [24]

5

unclear

unclear

chicken (5), corn (3), but preselected out of a population with such allergies

Tarpataki and Nagy [25]

39

unclear

unclear

chicken (16), beef (12)

Fujimura et al. [26]

1

1

10 g of fresh tomato led to clinical signs within 30 minutes

tomato