Methods of controlling parasitic worms in animals

US9821028B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation · US

Inventors

• Mark E. Cook · Madison, US
• Daniel Schaefer · Scottsdale, US
• Mitchell Raymond Schaefer · Taopi, US
• Jordan Marshall Sand · Madison, US
• Larry J. Smith · Eugene, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 11, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 21, 2017
• Expiry date: Jul 11, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K2317/34
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods of controlling parasitic worms in herbivorous mammals and other species by orally administering an isolated antibody that specifically binds the interleukin-10 peptide or an interleukin-10 peptide. In the case of herbivorous mammals such as cattle, for example, administration of the anti-IL-10 antibodies increases weight gain and increases feed efficiency in the animals.