The role of Ambrosia artemisiifolia allergen in canine atopic dermatitis
2010
Milcic-Matic, N., NetVet doo, Belgrade (Serbia) | Popovic, N., University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine | Lazarevic, M., University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine | Medenica, Lj., University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia). School of Medicine
We have found that Ambrosia extract was second most allergen to yield positive intradermal test reactions just after house dust mites. The positive reaction of IDST was observed in 66% of the atopic dogs and in the 10% of clinically healthy dogs. Dogs that had a positive reaction on intradermal skin test to Ambrosia pollens, mostly showed secondary skin lesions on the pads and perioral skin. In 88% of cases, Malassezia pachydermatis have been isolated from the skin in increased number and 64% of dogs had otitis externa. These results indicate, that allergens from Ambrosia artemisiifolia are of great importance in the etiophatogenesis of atopic dermatitis in dogs originating from the Belgrade region (Serbia).
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