Appeal No. 2006-2575
Application No. 10/025,567
5. A microbial adherence inhibitor for administration to a living
being to inhibit the adherence of a colony-forming immunogen in the
digestive tract of the living being, said colony-forming immunogen is from
the class consisting of E. coli, Listeria, Salmonella and Campylobacter
produced by the method of:
A. Inoculating female birds in or about to reach their egg
laying age with the colony-forming immunogen;
B. Allowing a period of time sufficient to permit the
production in the birds of antibody to the colony-forming immunogen, said
antibody in the eggs including IgY immunoglobulins in the yolks of the eggs
and IgM and IgA immunoglobulins in the albumin of the eggs;
C. Harvesting the eggs laid by the birds;
D. Separating the entire contents of said harvested eggs
from the shells; and
E. Drying said separated entire contents of said eggs, said
dried entire contents of said eggs when administered to the living being
inhibiting the adherence of the colony-forming immunogen in the digestive
tract by binding the IgY immunoglobulins to the colony-forming
immunogen, said binding of the IgY immunoglobulins to the colony-
forming immunogen being assisted by the IgM and IgA immunoglobulins.
6. A microbial adherence inhibitor for administration to food
animals to inhibit the adherence of a targeted colony-forming immunogen in
the rumen or intestinal tracts of said food animals produced by the method
of:
A. Inoculating female chickens, in or about to reach their
egg laying age, with a particular target colony-forming immunogen;
B. Allowing a period of time sufficient to permit the
production in the chickens of antibody to the target colony-forming
immunogen, said antibody in the eggs including IgY immunoglobulins in
the yolks of the eggs and IgM and IgA immunoglobulins in the albumin of
the eggs;
C. Harvesting the eggs laid by the chickens;
D. Separating the entire contents of said harvested eggs
from the shells;
E. Providing a dry feed carrier material; and
F. Coating said dry feed carrier material with the separated
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