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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew B. Wheeler, Tolono, IL (US);
Sharon M. Donovan, Champaign, IL (US);
Gregory T. Bleck, Barboo, WI (US);
Marcia Monaco-Seigel, Sidney, IL (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/100 ; A01K 6/7027 ; A61K 3/800 ; A23D 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/100 ; A01K 6/7027 ; A61K 3/800 ; A23D 7/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to animals that express exogenous growth factors in their milk, and in particular to pigs that express exogenous IGF-I in their milk. The present invention also relates to methods for increasing piglet weight gain and intestinal lactase activity. The present invention thus provides a method of facilitating piglet development and decreasing piglet mortality.