Allergy Testing for Companion Animals

An accurate allergy diagnosis requires thorough physical examination including a complete clinical history. After that you might need to perform a series of tests to both determine the type of allergy, food or environmental for example, and identify specific allergens.

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Allergy in Horses

Like people or other pets, horses can have allergies too. Their immune system over-reacts to harmless everyday substances. Horses can be exposed to these substances, also called allergens, by breathing them in or eating them, but most often it is through direct contact of the allergen with the horse’s skin.

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PAX® Serum Test

When other triggers of the symptoms are ruled out, atopy is diagnosed. The next step is to perform an IgE serum test to identify the responsible allergens. We provide the gold standard in allergy testing through the PAX® (Pet Allergy Xplorer) range of products.

PAX® is the first commercial serological IgE-specific test that uses allergen extracts and molecular components to identify allergen sensitivities.

Molecular allergology is a state-of-the-art approach to the detection of sensitisation, whereby defined single allergen components are used for the determination of specific IgE in place of traditionally-used allergen extracts. The molecular components are purified or recombinant proteins that provide a higher level of standardisation than allergen extracts and enable a more precise identification of IgE sensitisations.

This is a fundamental step to develop a relevant immunotherapy treatment or implement allergen-avoidance measures.