Oesophageal eosinophilia accompanies food allergy to hen egg white protein in young pigs.
Nathalie J PlundrichAndrew R SmithLuke B BorstDouglas B SniderTobias KäserEvan S DellonAnthony T BlikslagerJack OdleMary Ann LilaScott M LasterPublished in: Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2019)
Food allergy in the pig can be associated with esophagitis based on histological and endoscopic findings, including eosinophilic infiltration. The young pig may, therefore, be a useful large animal model for the study of eosinophilic esophagitis in humans.