Does chicken allergy usually include all poultry??

Well, on her allergy sheet, dust mites, dust, and other indoor allergens were not her triggers (according to her blood test). The rest was just outdoor allergens. I know that desensitizing shots are a possible solution, but my vet recommended not to do it becuase it is expensive, takes a long time, and many dogs do not even improve with it.
BTW, today i picked up a bag of Go! Natural salmon and oatmeal. I was pretty excited becuase it is hard to find an allergy food that does not have rice or potatoes, which seem to be used so often that dogs are now becoming allergic to them!!
I am actually gonna keep her on this for a while (as long as she doesn't react badly to it) and see if it will help.

Well, on her allergy sheet, dust mites, dust, and other indoor allergens were not her triggers (according to her blood test). The rest was just outdoor allergens. I know that desensitizing shots are a possible solution, but my vet recommended not to do it becuase it is expensive, takes a long time, and many dogs do not even improve with it.

The statement I made about environmental allergies being more common than food allergies is from my vet; I try to speak from experience or relay what my derm vet said. Did the allergy sheet have the numerical score for each allergen tested? The derm vet I took Jessie to sent her blood to Heska and anything over 150 was significant; Jessie tested in the thousands to several pollens and one of her worst scores was dust mites with storage mites close behind. If you have cold enough winters that the plants go dormant then you can give her a low dose steroid in the summer if she only has seasonal allergies; immunotherapy isn't usually prescribed unless a dog is itchy most of the year. If the Tavist doesn't seem to be helping you could ask the vet for a prescription antihistamine; some have good luck with Hydroxyzine; Jessie's derm vet prescribed Doxepin and it helped her more than any OTC antihistamine.
  By the way, I had asked my vet about immunotherapy for months because Jessie was having skin infections at least once a month and her answer was the same as your vets. I took her to the vet for a nasty infection five days after she had finished an antibiotic for a different infection; it was my usual vet's day off so I saw a different one; I asked her about referring Jessie to Purdue Animal Hospital and she did; Jessie hasn't needed an antibiotic since she started immunotherapy 17 months ago. It cost about $750 for everything, including all the tests including a blood allergy test, an intradermal skin test, a full thyroid panel sent to MSU and numerous lab cytologies plus the vaccine. When she goes back for rechecks there's no charge. I have to but the vaccine about every six months and it's $165. Immunotherapy doesn't completely get rid of all Jessie's symptoms; she does need need an antihistamine a few times a year.
  Good luck with the new food; I really hope it makes a difference, but if she's allergic to pollens she may not feel better until a good frost.
  

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Jessie itched year round and when she was tested she was allergic to pollens as well as house dust, dust mites, and storage mites. Cathy's right; you need to give any food you try at least 8 weeks. The reason the Science Diet z/d didn't seem to work was probably because she was itching from environmental allergies. Environmental allergies are more common for dogs than food allergies; food is blamed as the culprit too many times.

That's very interesting!! I'm pretty sure that Gingerbread is allergic to chicken and wheat, but I think he's also allergic to dust, pollen or something inhalant. I noticed the times that he wouldn't have eaten anything in hours and would just start scratching like crazy were when he was laying on the carpet.... 
 
Edited to add that Gingerbread also itches year round, so I'm thinking dust and/or dust mites is the culprit here...

Just a little information on interpreting lab results as Jessie's mom stated.  Be sure to look at the reference ranges for your particular testing site as these are different with each machine used and for different locals.  Elvis' allergy testing shows that anything over 60 is severly allergic and anything 30-59 is highly suseptable. So just be sure to look at that information and discuss anything with your vet. We are going through the same thing with Elvis right now and it can be frustrating. If you ever need any lab results clarified, I am a registered Medical Laboratory Technician and can help anytime you ask.
 
Carla

P.S.  Elvis is allergic to ALL poultry (duck,turkey, etc...)  We just had to try each one and see.