Nutriscan food allergy test

[edwin814]

Has anyone done Nutriscan food allergy saliva test for their dogs? I started feeding Maddy raw and also received back the test results. I thought she was allergic to lamb and turns out she has no reaction to lamb. From various kibbles I fed her in the past, I was certain that she's allergic to potato because she does have yeast overgrowth issue. But the result also shows negative reaction. I thought turkey, pork and duck are safe bets, but the result shows mild allergic reaction to all three (turkey being the worst of the three)

After some more googling, there are some mixed reviews on its accuracy. Just curious if anyone has done the test and interested in your thought on the results.

 

[Cbrugs]

I did a saliva test for Jax but it was through a different company. It told me turkey was fine and I gave him turkey and he had an allergic reaction. I'm really not sure how accurate the saliva tests are. If you've fed something in the past that she was fine with, go with that. And potatoes are starch and starch turns to yeast so if she has yeast issues, I would stay away from potatoes


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[Alice Kable]

We have always used blood for food allergy tests and got reasonably accurate reports.

 

[Jakeyjake]

I did the test for both of mine out of desperation for any answers as to the source of their allergies. Stella's allergies are by far the worst and the results came back with nothing to avoid:/

 

[2bullymama]

As Alice, i have done full panel blood tests that gave great baseline to follow for both food and environmental


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[Jcstorlie]

This may seem like a stupid question but does any vet do allergy testing via blood sample? I'm wondering if I should do a test for Penelope because she most definitely has outdoor allergies and may have some food ones as well. I'm so tired of switching to new foods.

 

[Cbrugs]

This may seem like a stupid question but does any vet do allergy testing via blood sample? I'm wondering if I should do a test for Penelope because she most definitely has outdoor allergies and may have some food ones as well. I'm so tired of switching to new foods.

I know several people on here have done the blood tests. However, none of the vets in my area will do them. They say the only way to figure out food issues is by an elimination diet. So I guess it depends on where you live. I suggest asking your vet. I did have a skin test done on Jax for his environmental allergies and he is allergic to everything green outside.

 

[Jakeyjake]

I know several people on here have done the blood tests. However, none of the vets in my area will do them. They say the only way to figure out food issues is by an elimination diet. So I guess it depends on where you live. I suggest asking your vet. I did have a skin test done on Jax for his environmental allergies and he is allergic to everything green outside.

Same with my vet....says they are not accurate.

 

[edwin814]

I know several people on here have done the blood tests. However, none of the vets in my area will do them. They say the only way to figure out food issues is by an elimination diet. So I guess it depends on where you live. I suggest asking your vet. I did have a skin test done on Jax for his environmental allergies and he is allergic to everything green outside.

My vet said the same thing...via elimination diet.

 

[Honeys Owners]

Easiest way to do an elimination diet is to choose a limited ingredient dry food like Acana Singles or Zignature limited ingredient; or a raw dehydrated limited ingredient base mix like Honest Kitchen Kindly and add your own protein. Dog can't eat anything else, even medications with real flavoring, during the 4-8 weeks it takes to see if dog is good on that protein.

 

[WeeDex]

We did the Nutriscan, and I found it helpful. The vet did environmental blood tests. We were running out of proteins to try using elimination diets, so the Nutriscan test just kind of confirmed what I'd already suspected about his reactiveness to certain proteins, but also gave me a couple of new options to try.

Unfortunately Dexter is a Frenchie who can barely eat anything without it causing a reaction, but we now get food direct from Germany (we're in Scotland) with extremely novel proteins, and he's doing well on them thankfully.

 

[edwin814]

We did the Nutriscan, and I found it helpful. The vet did environmental blood tests. We were running out of proteins to try using elimination diets, so the Nutriscan test just kind of confirmed what I'd already suspected about his reactiveness to certain proteins, but also gave me a couple of new options to try.

Unfortunately Dexter is a Frenchie who can barely eat anything without it causing a reaction, but we now get food direct from Germany (we're in Scotland) with extremely novel proteins, and he's doing well on them thankfully.

I'm glad Nutriscan worked well for you. Unfortunately it gave me inaccurate result. The result shows my Frenchie has no allergic reaction to beef, but as soon as I started to feed Maddy beef, she started licking her paws and scratching excessively. Once I switch her off of that protein, she got better.