Patent ID: 11857581
Assignee: MICROSINTESIS INC.
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 22:
23. A method for reducing the carriage by a food production animal of Rotavirus strains that cause human infection, said method comprising administering an effective amount of one or more secreted molecules from a probiotic bacterium selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus acidophilus La5, Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus helveticus, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus reuteri, Lactococcus lactis, Streptococcus thermophilus, Bifidobacterium longum, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Bifidobacterium infantis, Bifidobacterium crudilactis, and combinations thereof to the food production animal prior to exposure to the Rotavirus strains that cause human infection, wherein the secreted molecules are peptides having from 2 to 10 amino acids.