We recommend
a hypoallergenic diet such as Prescription Diet ® Canine d / d ® for those pets with possible allergic ear disease.
Because many pets with food allergies will often present with recurrent ear infections, any pet with repetitive ear infections should also have a 6 - 8 week trial with a novel
hypoallergenic diet such as rabbit, duck or venison based foods.
Not exact matches
As
such, many owners opt to create a
hypoallergenic diet for their dogs in order to keep them away from harmful reactions.
If your vet suspects
such allergies, she will recommend a
hypoallergenic diet for your pooch containing hydrolyzed protein.
Once the trial period is over, your vet is likely to put your dog on a
hypoallergenic maintenance
diet such as Hill's Prescription d / d
diet, Iams Skin and Coat Response KO, Iams Skin and Coat Response FP, Nestle Purina's Limited Antigen formula and Royal Canin
Diets.
There are two types of
hypoallergenic diets, those that have limited ingredients that your dog has not been exposed to
such as venison, lamb, or duck with potatoes and rice or those that have a hydrolyzed protein source that is so small that the immune system can not recognize it and cause an allergic reaction.
In some IBD cases, changing the
diet to a
hypoallergenic hydrolyzed protein source
diet (Hill's feline z / d), or to a single novel protein source
diet such as duck, rabbit or venison (Hill's feline d / d), or to a multiple novel protein source
diet such as turkey, venison lamb and fish (Totally Ferret turkey, venison, lamb formula) will control the food allergy problem and control the IBD.
A case report of three German Shepherd Dogs with EPI demonstrated that a
diet with 19 percent fat (on a dry matter basis) was well tolerated and resulted in weight gain, decreased diarrhea, and an improved coat (the
diet used hydrolyzed protein, which is processed in
such a way as to render the proteins nearly
hypoallergenic).
Treatment is the same, where a
diet should be simplified,
such as to chicken and rice or to a commercial
hypoallergenic diet, to see if the diarrhea subsides.
A truly food - allergic dog is diagnosed as
such with a specific
hypoallergenic diet and not necessarily a grain - free
diet.
You may also want to try a different
hypoallergenic diet since many cats will not respond to d / d since lamb is now
such an integral part of many
diets (thereby not making it «
hypoallergenic» anymore).
Alternatively, use one of the
hypoallergenic cat
diets in which antigenic particles have been destroyed (hydrolyzed protein)
such as HA, z / d etc..
In other cases,
hypoallergenic diets are recommended, which should only contain novel proteins
such as providing low - fat cottage cheese and boiled white rice.
But keep in mind there's no
such thing as a true
hypoallergenic diet, because any animal can react to any food at any time.
The easiest way for most owners to put a dog on a
hypoallergenic diet is to purchase a prescription hydrolyzed canine
diet such as Hills ZD or Purina HA from your vet [23, 68].