A Michael Broad Blog
Alec Baldwin, the well-known actor, and his wife Hilaria Baldwin, have in my considered opinion given a false reason for failing to adopt a rescue cat when gifting a kitten to their daughter. Their daughter is Carmen and she’s seven years old. She has wanted a cat companion since she was 2. The Baldwins …
Depending on the severity, there might be a subtle difference between the symptoms due to an allergy to your cat compared to the symptoms of a mild common cold, a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract in humans. It might, therefore, be difficult to tell the difference. Some people might be allergic to …
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT): Yvie Jones says that she was cat sitting, looking after a kitten whose name is Audrey. Within 24 hours the 47-year-old Australian television personality, was covered in hives. She posted a colourful picture of her hives on her Instagram page…covered in words. She says that she used a filter to …
I don’t want to compete with veterinary websites but at present Google is not finding information which directly answers the question in the title. Also, I think this is a good question because the symptoms of an allergy to the domestic cat can be very similar those for hay fever, allergies to other substances …
Yes, you can be allergic to cats and not to dogs but it is likely that you’ll be allergic to both but perhaps in varying degrees. You can also be allergic to dogs and not cats. People are more commonly allergic to cats. There are five variables, (1) the allergen for cats is a …
This is a Swiss invention; a vaccine given to cats which neutralises the allergens inside cats. It prevents the allergens causing an allergic reaction in people who are allergic to cats. It is called the Hypocat vaccine. They have been working on it since 2013. Martin Bachmann, the chief scientific officer at HypoPet said …
The part of the cat which causes allergies in people is a protein produced mainly in the cat’s saliva and sebaceous glands called ‘Fel d 1’. It is produced in the cat’s skin. In addition Fel d 4 is present in the cat’s saliva. These proteins are called ‘allergens’ from the standpoint of people …
Purina believe that they have found a way by adding an egg product to cat food to substantially neutralise the Fel D1 allergen in cats’ saliva which causes the allergic reaction in 20% of people.
