Appeal No. 2006-2575
Application No. 10/025,567
entire contents of said harvested eggs, said dry food carrier material coated
with the entire contents of said eggs when administered to the food animals
inhibiting the adherence of 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.
13. A microbial adherence inhibitor for promoting the growth of
food animals by decreasing the waste of dietary protein caused by the
presence of a protein-wasting immunogen in the rumen or intestinal tracts of
said food animals by inhibiting the ability of the immunogen to adhere to the
rumen or intestinal tracts of food animals to reduce the ability of the
immunogen to multiply, said protein-wasting immunogen is P antigen from
P. anaerobius produced by the method of:
A. Inoculating female birds, in or about to reach their egg
laying age, with P antigen from P. anaerobius;
B. Allowing a period of time sufficient to permit the
production in the bird and eggs laid by the birds of antibody to P antigen
from P. anaerobius, 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 antibody-containing contents of said eggs
from the shells; and
E. Drying said entire contents of said eggs, said dried entire
contents of said eggs when administered to food animals with animal feed
promoting the growth of the food animals by decreasing the waste of dietary
protein caused by the presence of a protein-wasting immunogen in the
rumen or intestinal tracts of the food animals by binding the IgY
immunoglobulins to the protein-wasting immunogen, said binding of the
IgY immunoglobulins to the protein-wasting immunogen being assisted by
the IgM and IgA immunoglobulins to inhibit the ability of the protein-
wasting immunogen to adhere to the rumen or intestinal tracts of the
animals.
Claim 1 is a product-by-process claim directed to a composition
containing antibodies to a microorganism that forms colonies in the
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