Food Allergy in Dogs and Cats: Let's Talk Diet, Diagnosis, and Tips!
1.0 CE Credit Hour / Veterinarians & Veterinary Technicians
Overview:
The complications and manifestations of food allergy in pets may be difficult for owners to comprehend. Analysis of the pet’s dietary history, evaluation of its symptoms, recommendations of specific diets to meet individual needs, and development of good communication with the pet parent are all essential for a successful diet trial. The webinar aims to discuss what is an appropriate elimination diet trial, which patients should be considered for the trial, and how to effectively communicate to the owner the importance of the appropriate prescribed diet.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand which patients should be considered for a food elimination diet trial.
- Explore other diseases where controlling food allergy is helpful.
- Analyze the differences between novel protein diets, amino acid diets, hydrolyzed protein diets, and cooked diets in the diagnosis of food allergy.
- Outline suggestions for the owner that may make the diet trial more successful.
Alice M. Jeromin, RPh, DVM, DACVD
Alice Jeromin B.S. Pharmacy, DVM, Diplomate, ACVD, before earning her DVM degree from The Ohio State University graduated from the University of Toledo with a B.S. in Pharmacy and practiced as a hospital pharmacist. She completed her veterinary dermatology residency with Dr. Patrick Breen and dermatopathology training at Procter & Gamble, Miami Valley Labs, as well as a fellowship in human dermatology at Metro Health Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio with Dr. Bryan Davis. Dr. Jeromin is currently an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University, lecturer at Northeast Ohio College of Pharmacy, and former practice owner of Veterinary Allergy & Dermatology, Inc. She is a former member-at-large on AVMA’s Council on Biologicals and Therapeutics as chairman of the supplements and compounding committees. Along with publishing in human and veterinary journals, she authored the dermatology chapter in “Pharmacotherapeutics for Veterinary Dispensing”. Her interests include human-animal comparative dermatology and skin lipid research with publications in both areas. Because of her pharmacist background of counseling patients, she is a strong believer in client education and maintains her website, www.purrfectpet.com, for clients to be educated with evidence-based information as well as an upcoming podcast “STOP SCRATCHING!” The podcast is geared toward pet owners of allergic pets to provide them with accurate, evidence-based information.
Moderator Adam Christman, DVM, MBA
Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, is the chief veterinary officer for dvm360®—an MJH Life Sciences Company™—who oversees content strategy and development and is the brand voice and personality for dvm360®’s multimedia channels. As a charismatic leader, he brings wit, humor, and authenticity to animal health care as the host of dvm360 Live!™ a new web-based talk show, The Vet Blast Podcast, continuing education webinars, and live media broadcasts.
Christman has also been in private practice and shelter medicine for 18 years and is currently a member and Treasurer of the New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association. He received his DVM degree from Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and his MBA from Aspen University.
Christman is a national thought leader, speaker and author on practice management, social media, and rehabilitation, and co-authored, Honey, Have You Squeezed the Dachshund? A Pet Owner’s Guide for Owners Who Are Terrified of IVDD—a book on dogs with disabilities. He has been featured in multiple publications and appeared on various multimedia shows throughout the country sharing his expertise and passion on all things veterinary medicine.
As an avid social media influencer for animal health care, he has over 800K followers on TikTok and 53K followers on Instagram. He loves to engage with fellow pet parents and veterinary professionals across social media. Christman is an advocate of Pride VMC and Pawsibilities. He is also the proud dog dad to 4 dachshunds and believes no one should be deprived of the incredible human-animal bond.
This course is RACE-approved for 1.0 continuing education credits hours in jurisdictions that accept RACE-approval.
This activity is sponsored by Blue Buffalo.
