Description
Skin Consultation Plus Bio Compatibility Hair Testing: Animals includes a detailed written consultation by our qualified Animal Naturopath analysing the results of your pet’s Bio Compatibility Hair Test.
Our qualified Animal Naturopath has helped thousands of dogs and cats with a variety of skin complaints over the last 30 years using natural remedies and a fresh food diet. If your dog or cat has been suffering from itchy skin, rashes, hot spots or other skin issues and you would like an alternative to using cortisone, antibiotics or other immune suppressing drugs, then it may be time to look at a more natural approach.
Bio Compatibility Hair Testing: Animals
Is completely non-invasive and painless. The test involves the collection of a small sample of your pet’s fur. No needles or blood samples!
The hair is tested for over 200 items – Australian Animal Test Items and is suitable for dogs and cats.
There is also the option to add up to 5 additional items that aren’t on the current Australian Animal Test List @ $8.50 per additional item.
Why test
Many animals suffer from health issues resulting from eating particular foods or supplements and/or being exposed to products in their environment that are incompatible with their body over a period of time. Reactions are accumulative and a visible reaction may not take place for up to four days.
Often animals will crave the very foods they are incompatible with
- This can cause an increase in inflammatory mediators in the blood, which then inflames tissue in any part of the body.
- In the joints it can cause or aggravate arthritic pains.
- In the respiratory tract it can cause or aggravate respiratory problems and excess mucous.
- In the skin, it can cause or aggravate rashes, eczema, hot spots and itchy skin.
This is not an Allergy test. Eating
incompatible foods can lead to Allergy
Animals can suffer allergic reactions in the same manner as humans. The immune process is mostly the same; the main difference is in what they eat and what nutrition they require to maintain good health. Allergic reactions result in excess histamine and other inflammatory substances which can cause pain and inflammation anywhere in the body.
There are a number of tests that determine allergens at a clinical level. Any test only gives us information – what we do with that information is where we get results. By removing allergens, we can endeavour to correct the symptoms; but the underlying cause of the overactive immune system is still there.
Bio-Compatibility testing is at a sub-clinical level. It is aimed at finding out what is causing the immune system to over-activate. Here again they work collectively and how we use the information from the test is of extreme importance.
By eating only the compatible foods indicated on the list we are ruling out all other foods which can add to the overall problem. If we can get the immune system working efficiently; all reactive foods and products should correct in time.
How to order Bio Compatibility Hair Testing: Animals
Step 1. Complete the web form above with as much detail as possible.
Step 2. Cut a small clump of your pet’s hair/fur (approx. 0.5 to 4cm) as close to the root as possible.
Step 3. Send the hair sample (and any additional items requiring testing) in separate clearly labelled plastic bags. Include your name and your pet’s name plus the details of the additional items (if applicable). Mail to: Greenpet, 244 Verrierdale Road, Verrierdale Qld 4562.
Step 4. Await your results. These will be emailed to the specified address in the above form. These can often be automatically filed into the email junk folder. We suggest checking this folder before chasing up results. It may take up to 2 weeks for your results to arrive, dependent on the current demand at the lab.
Step 5. Once results received, follow the instructions provided in the report by avoiding all items marked in red. The most important thing is that your pet eats only the safe remaining foods. If you feed your animal foods that are not on the list, they have not been verified by the test and could be bad for your pet.
If you have any questions about this test, please do not hesitate to contact us.
*This is not an allergy test, it is a bio-compatibility test
Scottishgal (verified owner) –
Finally a test that gave us some answers!!
After almost 18months of battling skin issues and being on and off awful steroids and apoquel our itchy dog is finally on the road to recovery.
To know that our dog isn’t allergic to grass was a huge relief living on a property.
This test highlighted our dogs food and fabric intolerances and 7weeks in we are now seeing a much happier and drug free dog.
I cannot recommend this test highly enough to anyone who has a itchy pet and has been told it’s a grass allergy, do this test and find the real source of the problem.
Jacquie (store manager) –
Thank you so much
My mum’s dog has made huge progress. Both my mother and I agree that about 90% of the allergic symptoms are gone. She is so much more comfortable. I can hardly believe the change. Thank you so much for all your help.
Carol (verified owner) –
So happy I got the Skin Consultation Plus Bio Compatibility Hair Testing done for my dog. Was amazed at what showed up as not compatible. It has really helped with controlling his allergies. Highly recommend getting this done if your dog has skin problems.
Maria G. (verified owner) –
Since implementation of Thor’s new eating regime, cutting out offending foods/items, he no longer smells, baths are once every 10days if that, his coat is growing back, no more skin erruptions, incessant itching, balding, and slowly his skin is returning to a soft healthy pink colour – Lot less black skin. I’d say he’s 80% improved overall in 4 wks of compliance, and currently no urgent need for cytopoint injection. Also using the naturopath recommended shampoo/conditioner and cream.. We’re all so much happier, hoping he stays this healthy for a very long life ❤️❤️