A veterinarian might also order a 12
week hypoallergenic diet to rule out a food allergy.
Not exact matches
This package includes a 3 - 4
week food detoxification /
Hypoallergenic diet, followed by a food re-introduction phase to determine any food sensitivities.
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.
Shes been on a
hypoallergenic diet for 3
weeks.
To help determine what your pup is allergic to, a veterinarian will use an 12 -
week elimination trial, replacing the current food with a strict
hypoallergenic diet that excludes any treats or table scraps.
It's crucial during the trial to avoid any foods or treats other than the
hypoallergenic diet for at least 6
weeks, or until the symptoms clear up.
Starting with an elimination
diet, you must feed your dog only
hypoallergenic dog food for 12
weeks.
The best way to diagnose a food allergy is to place the cat on a strict
hypoallergenic diet consisting of a new food for eight to 12
weeks.
The best and most accurate method of diagnosing food allergy is to feed a
hypoallergenic diet for eight to twelve
weeks as a food trial called an «elimination trial».
Whether you choose to feed prescription veterinary
diet or home prepared, you should feed the
hypoallergenic diet exclusively for 8
weeks.
I recommend a 12
week food trial with a novel antigen or
hypoallergenic diet.
It will take 4 - 8
weeks of eating only the
hypoallergenic diet to notice a difference.
If they don't help it would be worth trying the
hypoallergenic diets (Purina LA tm or Hill's z / d tm) but these have to be used for at least three to four
weeks before giving up on them, in order to really rule out the possibility of a food allergy.
When it is not easy or financially difficult to pursue definitive diagnostic testing it is OK to use «trial and error» approaches to this problem but that often means lots of two and three
week trials of medications or
hypoallergenic diets and coping with the diarrhea for a while.