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We at Epi4Dogs often hone in on food allergies or food sensitivities in relation to IBD along with SID/dysbiosis. HOWEVER….. we all may be better served by broadening our understanding of this. Not all food sensitivities/allergies have the same trigger.

Oct-2018, Published in the Journal of Small Animal Practice (British Small Animal Veterinary Assoc) is a really good article on a variety of causes of Food Intolerance. If your dog is struggling with this, i strongly urge reading this article. I have uploaded the chart and the article on our IBD and Allergy page:
https://epi4dogs.com/ibd-allergies-food-intolerance/

thanks O

you know only too well of Kara's intollerances, this is interesting, but Ian (vet) said most of what this said, probably knows this vet

j

Thanks Olesia. So many of us do have dogs that suffer with food intolerances which can sometimes make finding the right food even more difficult. Thank you for always being on top of the issues that matter most to our pups and helping us navigate through things.

What i found interesting is that sometimes it is not a "food" protein source like we automatically assume and suggest a hydrolyzed food (although this works often).......but rather it can also be

1. pharmacological (and this includes things like chemicals in certain nuts/seeds) or
2. a carb sensitivity....
3. or a toxin that triggered everything or
4. it can be something that was fine before but not any longer due to permeability.................
5. etc, etc. etc.

These are just some of the things that we don't think of but if we had this information to begin with it just might help us more readily figure out what the trigger is.

Ian told us that anything, and everything that is introduced into the body can cause a reaction, most of it dealt with by the immune system

however, unfortunately,our dogs suffer from a deficiency, known as Immunodeficiency

we certainly found this out when Kara was shedding her bowel, dealt with quickly and well, thankfully

useful piece of information