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FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY
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Food hypersensitivity, commonly called food allergy or food intolerance, is an adverse reaction associated with the ingestion of specific food items. Normally, barriers in the gastrointestinal tract prevent adverse responses to ingested food. These barriers include both physiologic and immunologic protective mechanisms. Abnormalities in the gastrointestinal defense mechanisms, such as mucosal barrier failure with increased antigen absorption or defective immunoregulation, may predispose an animal to the development of food hypersensitivity.
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