Patent ID: 8992914
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A23K,A61K,A61P,C07K

Abstract:
1. A method of improving weight gain and growth, while decreasing morbidity and mortality in a pig, cow or horse comprising: providing water supplemented with an effective amount of a water miscible and stable immunoglobulin concentrate to the pig, cow or horse, wherein the source of the concentrate is blood plasma from which the fibrin has been separated, wherein the concentrate comprises at least 15% by weight IgG, wherein the concentrate is not a component of a milk replacer, and wherein the pig, cow or horse is at any stage of life from weaning up to about six weeks of age; so as to improve weight gain and growth, while decreasing morbidity and mortality in the pig, cow or horse wherein the immunoglobulin concentrate is dispersed in the water in a concentration of from about 0.375 to about 3% by weight and the dispersion yields a concentration of IgG in the water about 0.1-0.75% by weight.