Review of the definition, key diagnostic tools and pathophysiology of critical illness disease in dogs. It also give advice on how to manage nutritionally these cases and how to monitoring them in a long term basis.
Review of the food allergy (FA) diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatment. FA is defined as "all immune-mediated reactions following food intake". FA is a non-seasonal disease with skin and/or gastrointestinal disorders. Therapy of FA consists of avoiding the offending food component(s).