Patent ID: 8450072
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for diagnosing a food sensitivity in a cat followed by determining a biological active food ingredient comprising the steps of screening a sample of saliva from the cat to detect the level of an IgA antibody to a particular food ingredient and an IgM antibody to the particular food ingredient, and measuring the level of the IgA antibody and the IgM antibody by an immunoassay, and wherein the level below a predetermined level of both IgA and IgM antibodies in the sample is indicative of non-sensitivity, the particular food ingredient being selected from the group consisting of wheat, gluten, corn, beef, meat, fish protein, eggs, grains, botanicals, oils from seeds, fish, vegetables, and fruit and determining the biologically active food ingredient, wherein the biologically active food ingredient is selected from the group consisting of wheat, gluten, corn, beef, meat, fish protein, eggs, grains, botanicals, oils from seeds, fish, vegetable, and fruit.