My puppy had an allergy test with few scrapes. Is it accurate?

There is no way to diagnose allergies from a photo, I am afraid. I suggest you take Roxy to your vet for an exam and show your vet where Roxy's ski looks strange or where she itches. Your vet will then do a thorough skin exam, possibly with a skin scrape r biopsy to find out whether there is an allergy or possibly a bacterial, fungal or mite infection.

Allergies can be very frustrating to diagnose since they have multiple cause (flea allergy, food allergy, environmental allergies or a combination). Consider an exam with a veterinary dermatologist to determine if Luna has allergies and what she may be allergic to. Discuss allergy testing, food elimination trials, hydrolyzed diets and antihistamine use with the veterinarian. Allergy tests using hair or saliva samples are unvalidated and unproven. Save your money on the home tests and use the link below to find a dermatologist. https://www.acvd.org/tools/locator/locator.asp?ids=16_Find_Dermatologist

For food allergies, the best test is a food trial in which your dog doesn't eat any of a particular food for 3 months, and then if the allergy symptoms go away, you feed the old food again, and if the symptoms come back with the old food, it means she was indeed allergic to the food you were testing. As far as environmental allergies, there isn't a clear conscience on what the best test is. It can either be a blood test or a skin test. I think most dermatologist still recommend the skin test as best, but it does require going to a dermatologist and having her off steroids for some number of days (the amount depends on the particular dermatologist). I would also recommend checking with a dermatologist to make sure it's ok for her to be on steroids when you do the blood testing if you go that way. The results of either type of test for environmental allergies are used to make shots to help the body learn to react less to the allergens. This takes several months to a year. Wishing you the best of luck!!

Hi there. What you are describing is suspicious of allergies. While I always recommend that my clients get a skin scrape first to make sure there are no mites, etc, if this is negative we begin the journey to diagnosing the possible allergens. Many dogs have flea allergies. If your pet is up to date on a good flea preventative, this is not as likely. Commonly, dogs can develop food allergies over time as well. The worst part of checking for this is that a true food trial (a new specialized diet) has to be the ONLY thing you feed and can take a few months to see real resorts. Allergy medications are available now through your veterinarian's office. Depending on what they see on physical exam, your pet might be. Candidate for Apoquel or chtopoint injections to control itching. I hope this information helps!

Grass allergies are generally to the pollen so can occur even indoors if the windows are open. A blood test can help confirm the source of the allergies and it is likely she will need to go on additional antiallergy medications such as apoquel or atopica if the side effects of steroids are severe

I am so sorry to hear that Rio is having allergy issues. By allergy testing I assume you mean bloodwork? The price for this can vary significant depending on what tests are bing run and what company is used. The blood tests are also really only useful for environmental allergens such as grasses, pollens, mold etc. food allergies do not show up reliably on blood tests. There are certainly a number of inexpensive tests hour vet can perform on your dog though, to help determine if there are any complicating factors such as a skin or ear infection, or perhaps mange. A skin scraping, skin cytology and ear swabs/cytology are all things your vet may recommend. If your vet feels that Rio's issues are related to a food allergy they will discuss options with you and may recommend trying any number of prescription or other the counter foods. The important thing to remember when dealing with any allergy (and food allergies especially) is that response to treatment is not going to be immedieate, and the problem may not ever be fully resolved. A food trial can take 4-6 weeks before results are seen, and you may need to try a number of different types of food before finding one that is compatible with Rio's issues. Good luck, and I hope you are able to get Rio feeling better soon!

This is probably due to a severe allergy, although it could also be fleas or mites. First of all, in order to rule out skin parasites, you will need to treat Cheyenne with a high quality flea treatment (e.g. advantage), then get her to the vet to perform a skin scrape - this might reveal an infection or a mite infestation. If all of those came back negative, the next step is to treat the allergy symptomatically and try discovering the cause of the allergy. Some medications can be given by the vet in order to repair the skin lesions (steroids and antibiotics). simultaneously you should start her on a prescription hypoallergenic diet for at least 2 months. Hopefully you will see some results after all this, if not you and your vet should consider putting her on a long term allergy treatment (Atopica or Apoquel).