title: Comparing immediate-type food allergy in humans and companion animals-revealing unmet needs.
abstract: Adverse food reactions occur in human as well as veterinary patients. Systematic comparison may lead to improved recommendations for prevention and treatment in both. In this position paper, we summarize the current knowledge on immediate-type food allergy vs other food adverse reactions in companion animals, and compare this to the human situation. While the prevalence of food allergy in humans has been well studied for some allergens, this remains to be investigated for animal patients, where owner-reported as well as veterinarian-diagnosed food adverse reactions are on the increase. The characteristics of the disease in humans vs dogs, cats, and horses are most often caused by similar, but sometimes species-dependent different pathophysiological mechanisms, prompting the specific clinical symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments. Furthermore, little is known about the allergen molecules causative for type I food allergy in animals, which, like in human patients, could represent predictive biomarkers for risk evaluation. The definite diagnosis of food allergy relies-as in humans-on elimination diet and provocation tests. Besides allergen avoidance in daily practice, novel treatment options and tolerization strategies are underway. Taken together, numerous knowledge gaps were identified in veterinary food allergy, which need to be filled by systematic comparative studies.
authors.affiliation: Comparative Medicine, The Interuniversity Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Medical University of Vienna and University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: I
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2089-6011
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pali-Schöll
authors.affiliation: Clinica Veterinaria Privata San Marco, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Lucia
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Referral Services LTD, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janda
authors.affiliation: Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.affiliation: Comparative Medicine, The Interuniversity Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Medical University of Vienna and University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.|Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.|Allergy Care, Allergy Diagnosis and Study Center, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: E
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4019-5765
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jensen-Jarolim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004285:Dogs; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D057805:Pets / Q000276:immunology*
keywords: cats; dogs; food allergy; horses; molecular allergens