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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1990
Tommy L Federicksen, Cary, NC (US);
J Paul Thaxton, Brandon, MS (US);
Embrex, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
A method of causing an animal to gain weight by administering that animal a T-cell growth factor comprising Interleukin-2 (IL-2) in an amount effective to cause that animal to increase in weight is disclosed. A method of treating birds by administering birds in ovo avian IL-2 is also disclosed. The method is preferably carried out on chicken with 30K chicken IL-2 on about the eighteenth day of incubation. The method may be employed to increase the weight of treated birds after hatch. A vaccine may optionally be administered concurrently with the avian IL-2.
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