Comparing immediate‐type food allergy in humans and companion animals—revealing unmet needs

Adverse food reactions occur in human as well as veterinary patients. Systematic comparison may lead to improved recommendations for prevention and treatment in both. In this position paper, we summarize the current knowledge on immediate‐type food allergy vs other food adverse reactions in companion animals, and compare this to the human situation. While the prevalence of food allergy in humans has been well studied for some allergens, this remains to be investigated for animal patients, where owner‐reported as well as veterinarian‐diagnosed food adverse reactions are on the increase. The characteristics of the disease in humans vs dogs, cats, and horses are most often caused by similar, but sometimes species‐dependent different pathophysiological mechanisms, prompting the specific clinical symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments. Furthermore, little is known about the allergen molecules causative for type I food allergy in animals, which, like in human patients, could represent predictive biomarkers for risk evaluation. The definite diagnosis of food allergy relies—as in humans—on elimination diet and provocation tests. Besides allergen avoidance in daily practice, novel treatment options and tolerization strategies are underway. Taken together, numerous knowledge gaps were identified in veterinary food allergy, which need to be filled by systematic comparative studies..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:72

Enthalten in:

Allergy - 72(2017), 11, Seite 1643-1656

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pali‐Schöll, I [VerfasserIn]
De Lucia, M [Sonstige Person]
Jackson, H [Sonstige Person]
Janda, J [Sonstige Person]
Mueller, R. S [Sonstige Person]
Jensen‐Jarolim, E [Sonstige Person]

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44.78

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Themen:

Allergens
Animals
Bioindicators
Biomarkers
Cats
Comparative studies
Dogs
Food
Food allergies
Food allergy
Food hypersensitivity
Horses
Hypersensitivity (immediate)
Medical services
Molecular allergens
Patients
Pets
Provocation tests
Risk assessment
Side effects
Veterinary
Veterinary medicine

RVK:

RVK Klassifikation

doi:

10.1111/all.13179

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1996992589