Demystifying Adverse Food Reactions

This quiz is for on-demand attendees of the Purina Institute Collaborative Care webinar “Demystifying Adverse Food Reactions .” In order to obtain your RACE certificate for 1 CE hour, you must get a score of 80% or higher. You can retake the quiz as needed to pass.

This webinar is eligible for RACE credit through 1 April 2026.

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How many diet trial(s) should be performed to confirm an AFR?

Only one is sufficient, as long as it is a hydrolyzed diet.

At least 3 are needed in most cases of AFR.

When used in conjunction with skin testing, only one is needed.

Some cases respond sufficiently to the first diet trial, but others may require 2-3 trials using different diets.

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Which of the following cases with chronic diarrhea of 1-month duration is most likely to have diet-responsive chronic enteropathy

9-year-old female-spayed Yorkshire Terrier with hyporexia, cachexia and ascites.

1-year-old male German Shepherd dog with cachexia despite voracious appetite and voluminous cow-patty-like feces.

2-year-old male neutered large mix-breed dog with large bowel signs, otherwise in excellent overall condition.

3-year-old female-spayed Standard Poodle with waxing and waning episodes of hyporexia and lethargy, showing bradycardia on physical exam (heart rate = 60/min).

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A 2-year-old female-spayed Labradoodle dog is presented for a recheck of chronic-intermittent large bowel diarrhea. You saw her 3 weeks ago, ruled out parasites with a fecal PCR test, and prescribed a switch to a hydrolyzed diet. There was no improvement with the new diet. The dog’s activity level and appetite remain normal. The physical exam is unremarkable except for mucusy soft feces in the rectum. Which of the following options do you recommend?

bloodwork (complete blood count and serum chemistry panel)

abdominal ultrasound exam

dietary trial with a novel protein diet or a different hydrolyzed diet

antimicrobial trial with metronidazole

referral to a specialist

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Which of the following is the best (theoretically) diet strategy for the diagnosis of food allergy in dogs?

Partially hydrolyzed diet

Home cooked diet

Amino acid-based diet

Novel protein diet

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Which of the following diagnostic test is the best to identify food allergies in dogs?

Serum allergen-specific IgE

Serum allergen-specific IgG

Strict elimination diet trial(s)

Saliva allergen-specific IgA

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