1. Washing the dog reduces dog allergen levels, but the dog needs to be washed twice a week 
Tessa Hodson, BSc, Adnan Custovic, MD, Angela Simpson, MD, Martin Chapman, PhD, Ashley Woodcock, MD, Rosalind Green, MD 
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 
Volume 103, Issue 4, Pages (April 1999)
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2. Fig. 1
Major dog allergen Can f 1 recovered from samples of dog hair in 16 dogs before and on 7 days after washing.
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3. Fig. 2
Airborne Can f 1 collected with an air sampler with a low airflow rate (9 L/min) over the 8-hour period/day before and on 7 subsequent days after dog washing. Baseline value is mean of 3 days before dogs had been washed.
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