Patent ID: 7256269

Claim:
A microbial adherence inhibitor for promoting the growth of food animals by decreasing the waste of dietary protein caused by the presence of a protein-wasting immunogen in the rumen or intestinal tracts of said food animals by inhibiting the ability of the immunogen to adhere to the rumen or intestinal tracts of food animals to reduce the ability of the immunogen to multiply, said protein-wasting immunogen is P antigen from P. anaerobius produced by the method of: A. Inoculating female birds, in or about to reach their egg laying age, with P antigen from P. anaerobius; B. Allowing a period of time sufficient to permit the production in the bird and eggs laid by the birds of antibody to P antigen from P. anaerobius , said antibody in the eggs including IgY immunoglobulins in the yolks of the eggs and IgM and IgA immunoglobulins in the albumin of the eggs; C. Harvesting the eggs laid by the birds; D. Separating the antibody-containing contents of said eggs from the shells; and E. Drying said entire contents of said eggs, said dried entire contents of said eggs when administered to food animals with animal feed promoting the growth of the food animals by decreasing the waste of dietary protein caused by the presence of a protein-wasting immunogen in the rumen or intestinal tracts of the food animals by binding the IgY immunoglobulins to the protein-wasting immunogen, said binding of the IgY immunoglobulins to the protein-wasting immunogen being assisted by the IgM and IgA immunoglobulins to inhibit the ability of the protein-wasting immunogen to adhere to the rumen or intestinal tracts of the animals.