Allergie bij de hond : een bevraging van dierenartsen en eigenaars over de toestand in Vlaanderen

In human medicine, the prevalence of allergies has increased during the last decades. A similar ten-dency is suspected in small animal veterinary medicine. Unfortunately, only little information is avai-lable about the prevalence of allergies in dogs in Flanders. In this study, veterinarians and owners were asked about the five most common types of allergy, i.e. atopy, flea allergy, food allergy, contact allergy and allergy to medication and injections. The median prevalence, estimated by the veterinarians, was respectively 15%, 10%, 5%, 2% and 1%. Some remarkable differences with the literatu... Mehr ...