SummarySkin tests and RAST determinations with breed‐specific dog allergen extracts and a cat allergen preparation were made on forty‐four atopic patients divided into three groups.Group 1 were twenty dog‐owning atopic patients without clinical signs of dog sensitivity. Group 2 contained twenty‐one patients with a clinical history that suggested allergy to dogs, and Group 3 contained ten atopic patients who were sensitive to cats. In neither the invivonor thein vitrotests was there any evidence for dog breed specificity, nor was dog albumin found to be a major allergen in the population studied, though a few individuals showed strong RAST activity to albumin. Furthermore, a cat fur extract inhibited the reaction between dog hair and anti‐dog serum, and a dog hair extract inhibited the reaction between cat fur extract and anti
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