Allergies are abnormal reactions of the immune system against harmless substances which enter in contact with the body. Due to a malfunction, the body detects and identifies those substances (which can be foods, latex, pollens, dust mites) as harmful for the health and integrity of the allergic person.

Likewise humans, pets can also suffer from allergies. Pet food allergies can be identified when seeing the animal scratching itself a lot. If you see your dog scratching and chewing himself a lot, make a visual check to see if it’s not the case of a flea allergy. After you’ve elliminated this possibility, you can think of another kind of dog allergy, namely the food allergy.

Food allergies in pets are a challenge, because the only cure is to remove the allergen foods from the animal’s diet. For this, you have to find out which are those allergens, and this can be done via a diet of ellimination: remove foods one at atime and see if the pet still has allergy symptoms. When symptoms are gone, you should stick to the diet which was good for him for the rest of his life, if you want to have a healthy pet.

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