| abstract |
The invention relates to a substantially pure anti-inflammatory factor isolated from milk collected from a milk producing animal, to the purification, identification, and characterization of said factor, and to a method for treating inflammation in an an-imal which comprises administering to the animal an anti-inflammatory effective amount of the anti-inflammatory factor. In a preferred embodiment, the factor is isolated from milk produced by a milk producing animal maintained in a hyperimmunized state. |