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AssigneeCamas Incorporated
InventorsBradley M. Mitteness, Connie Phillips
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The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions administered to the lymphatic tissue of an animal to prevent or reduce the incidence of disease or disease symptoms caused by one or more disease causing entities. Tonsillar compositions can be administered to the lymphatic tissue in the oral/nasal region of the animal and can include avian antibodies from eggs of hens inoculated with one or more target disease causing entities. Treating the lymphatic tissue in the oral/nasal region with the compositions described herein can reduce or prevent the disease causing entities from adhering to the lymphatic tissue resulting in reduced infection rates. The present disclosure also relates to oral compositions that can be used to reduce or eliminate oral pathogens in animals.
A method of reducing or eliminating pathogenic infections in an animal, the method comprising:
A method of reducing or eliminating one or more disease causing entities in the oral cavity of an animal, the method comprising:
A method of operating a farm comprising farm animals, the method comprising:
A tonsillar composition comprising drinking water and avian antibodies to one or more disease causing entities, wherein the drinking water does not include a buffering system and said avian antibodies are in sufficient amount to inactivate one or more of the disease causing entities in the lymphatic tissue of the oropharynx and/or nasopharynx.
An oral composition comprising a liquid and avian antibodies to one or more disease causing entities, wherein the liquid is drinking water or mouthwash, wherein the drinking water does not include a buffering system and said avian antibodies are in sufficient amount to inactivate one or more of the disease causing entities in the oral cavity.
The oral composition of claim 28 wherein the one or more disease causing entities are Porphyromonas gingivalis, Candida albicans, T. denticola, B. extructa or combinations thereof.
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