Critically appraised topic on adverse food reactions of companion animals (6): prevalence of noncutaneous manifestations of adverse food reactions in dogs and cats

Table 2 Non-cutaneous clinical signs of AFR in cats

Clinical sign	Number of animals (% of all reported non-cutaneous AFR)	Strength of evidence
Diarrhoea [5, 7, 20, 21, 27,28,29,30,31, 51]	25–49^a (28–55%)	Strong in 11–16 [20, 21] Moderate in 14–33 [5, 7, 27,28,29,30,31] Weak in 1 [51]
Vomiting [4, 5, 7, 20, 21, 27,28,29, 31]	26–46^a (29–52%)	Strong in 15–20 [20, 21] Moderate in 8–27 [4, 5, 7, 28, 29, 31, 51]
Conjunctivitis [4, 7, 46]	3–20^a (3–22%)	Strong in 1 [7] Moderate in 1 [4] Weak in 1–18 [46]
Salivating [46]	1–18 (1–20%)	Weak
Respiratory signs [7]	4 (4%)	Moderate
Flatulence [5]	3 (3%)	Moderate
Hyperactive behaviour [6]	1 (1%)	Strong

^a Minimal and maximal number of cats, as in some studies, the specific number of cats showing some of the individual clinical signs was not reported

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