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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Mark Eric Cook, Madison, WI (US);
Daniel Meilahn Schaefer, Madison, WI (US);
Mitchell Raymond Schaefer, Taopi, MN (US);
Jordan Marshall Sand, Madison, WI (US);
Larry Smith, Lodi, WI (US);
Assignee:
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/20 (2006.01); C07K 16/24 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/2066 (2013.01); C07K 16/244 (2013.01); A61K 2039/505 (2013.01); C07K 2317/11 (2013.01); C07K 2317/23 (2013.01); C07K 2317/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of controlling parasitic worms in herbivorous mammals and other species by orally administering an isolated antibody that specifically binds the interleukin-10 peptide or an interleukin-10 peptide. In the case of herbivorous mammals such as cattle, for example, administration of the anti-IL-10 antibodies increases weight gain and increases feed efficiency in the animals.