Method of treating inflammation using bovine milk

A method of treating inflammation in an animal which comprises administering to said animal an anti-inflammatory effective amount of milk collected from a bovid being maintained in an anti-inflammatory factor producing state;

• wherein said inflammation is caused by a condition selected from the group consisting of acute and subacute bursitis, acute non-specific tendonitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic dermatomyositis, acute rheumatic carditis, pemphigus, bullous dermatitis, hepetiformis, severe erythema, multiform exfoliative dermatitis, cirrhosis, seasonal perennial rhinitis, bronchial asthma, etopic dermatitis, serum sickness, keratitis, opthalmicus iritis, diffuse ureitis, choriditis, optic neuritis, sympathetic opthalmia, symptomatic sarcoidosis, Loeffler's Syndrome, berylliosis and hemolytic anemia.