In case the dog is allergic to food, the skin testing is not an accurate test, so you will need to perform
a few food trials to identify the problem ingredient.
Not exact matches
As you expand your baby's palate, continue to give new
foods a
trial run (a
few days to a week) to look for any allergic reactions.
That means
fewer sales per drug — but genetic tests should make clinical
trials cheaper and faster, and a higher percentage of
trials should lead to U.S.
Food and Drug Administration approval — assuming FDA can keep pace.
Few herbal products have been widely tested for safety and efficacy in randomized, placebo - controlled
trials, as the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires of prescriptions drugs.
If you don't want to ferment (it can take a
few trials before feeling comfortable fermenting), you can purchase raw sauerkraut from the refrigerated section of your local health
food store, although it may be fairly high in salt.
The important point of a
food trial is that your dog must be strictly on this particular
food for a
few months without eating anything else so that your vet can properly assess his or her response to the new
food.
The best way to find out if your dog has a possible
food allergy is a
food trial — when you stop feeding a certain
food for a
few months, then reintroduce it, and see if a problem develops.
After a
few trials, the dogs learned to associate the bell with being fed and would react by salivating at the sound of the bell in anticipation of their
food but without any
food present.
Although diet
trials are the gold standard of pet
food testing, there are in fact very
few dog
foods which have undergone official feeding
trials.