In this workshop we will discuss adverse food reactions that result in skin problems. How does your pet develop a persistent allergic reaction to a food item(s), not necessarily from a new food product, but food that may have been fed for years? Why is he so itchy all the time? Why does her ear infection never clear up? As you will see, ‘curing’ your pet’s AFR is not as simple as changing its diet to a new food or even specialty hypoallergenic diets. Many of these pets also have other allergies, like flea allergy dermatitis and/or environmental allergies to seasonal pollens, molds or house dust. It is possible that many cases of food allergies go undetected as treatment of concurrent allergies places the animal below the puritic (itchiness) threshold such that the food reaction is no longer obvious. Because of this, it is difficult to diagnose AFR even as a sole disease process, the incidence of adverse food reactions in veterinary medicine is unknown (reports vary from 1% to 23% dermatologic cases presented).