The results for both intradermal skin testing and
serum allergy testing need to be interpreted by an experienced veterinarian in light of the individual patient's clinical symptoms, lifestyle, and environment.
The
only serum allergy test that is not ELISA / RAST, double - blinded research study has shown hyposensitization results with Liquid Gold to be better than skin testing.
Immunotherapy is also available to treat environmental allergies that can not be avoided by creating a serum, based on the results on
the serum allergy test, which is injected on a decreasing schedule as the pets» immunity grows.
Maybe your veterinarian ran the appropriate diagnostic tests for skin problems: a skin scrape cytology, skin tape cytology, fungal culture, trichogram and maybe an endocrine and thyroid function blood panel and
serum allergy tests.
Identifying specific pollen, mold, or household allergens is possible through either skin testing, often done by a veterinary dermatologist, or by
a serum allergy test which can be done by a dermatology specialist or by a general practitioner.
After diagnosis, intradermal (FIGURE 4) or
serum allergy tests are used to identify the offending environmental allergens so that they can be avoided (although this is often impractical) or used for therapeutic immunotherapy.
Although intradermal and
serum allergy tests are available, they are not accurate methods for diagnosing food allergies.
The veterinarian can do
a serum allergy test to look for the presence of IgE antibodies or an intradermal skin test.
The goal of performing the IDT and
Serum Allergy Test is to create a mixture of allergens to be given as injections or sublingual in an attempt to reduce the patient's allergic response
Serum allergy test is a blood test performed along with the IDT to obtain a more extended and comprehensive profile of potential offending allergens.