| 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 animal which comprises administering to the animal an anti-inflammatorally effective amount of the anti-inflammatory factor. In a preferred embodiment, the factor is isolated from milk which is produced by a milk producing animal maintained in a hyperimmunized state. |