Gluten Sensitivity

serum 0.5 ml (cooling preferred)

IgA against tissue transglutaminase and IgG against modified gliadin peptides

ELISA

5 days

• Gluten and its subfraction gliadin are found in wheat, spelt, rye and barley.
• Gluten intolerance leads to different clinical pictures depending on the breed: gluten-sensitive enteropathy in the Irish Setter and canine epileptoid cramping syndrome (CECS, Spike’s disease, paroxysmal gluten-sensitive dyskinesia) in the Border Terrier. Mixed forms and gluten intolerance in other breeds have been described in the literature.
• In one study, Laboklin was able to prove a clear or questionable gluten sensitivity in 39% of the dogs. The affected breeds were mainly mongrels, French Bulldogs, German Shepherds and Labrador Retrievers.