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Article: Living with pet allergies.
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- October 1, 1987
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LIVING WITH PET ALLERGIES
Afriend of mine brought her cat, Fluffy, to my animal hospital to be put to sleep. In tears, she explained that her allergist had advised eliminating Fluffy as a way of combating her son's allergies. Fluffy, 15, had been 12-year-old Timmy's companion for as long as the boy could remember. Because my friend was suffering from guilt and uncertainty, I agreed to keep Fluffy at the hospital until we could make an appropriate decision. Meanwhile, I did some research into the pet-allergy problem.
I found a study by Dr. Edward Baker, a veterinarian Baker, a veterinarian who had sent questionnaires to 200 allergists. He found that ...