The English bulldogs can
develop meat allergies, so this makes the whole situation difficult to manage.
Unfortunately, I'm not alone in
developing a meat allergy.
Not exact matches
Applications include uses in ground
meats, vegan / vegetarian
meats and products
developed for the
allergy - sensitive.
One recent Finnish study found that babies introduced to solid foods such as oats, potatoes, and
meat before the age of 6 months were less likely to
develop food
allergies.
Grains aren't the only source of
allergies in puppies and dogs — canines can
develop allergies to
meat, including chicken and beef.
Since your dog probably hasn't eaten these
meat proteins before, he hasn't had a chance to
develop an
allergy to them.
New
allergies are more likely to
develop to related
meats like venison or bison than dissimilar proteins like pheasant or duck.
You may have heard that some dogs
develop a food
allergy to common
meats like these and can't process them but that is usually true of foods that include
meat by - products such as otherwise unusable body parts that should be discarded as waste.
Avoid feeding exotic
meats, such as venison or lamb, because you may need to fall back on a novel protein source if your cat ever
develops a food
allergy.
As mentioned previously, Royal Canin
developed its Vegetarian Formula (dry and canned versions are available) for dogs that have
allergies to common
meat proteins.
Many dogs are now
developing allergies and sensitivities to commonly used proteins like chicken, beef, and pork, so these popular
meats are no longer an option.
A few months ago, (today is 09/01/13) a group of doctors in Virginia noticed that an unusually high number of their patients who had
developed allergies to a variety of red
meats - including pork - reported that itchy tick bites had occurred before they became sensitive to red
meat.