Prophylactic effects of recombinant bovine interferon-alpha I1 on acute Salmonella typhimurium infection in calves.
The in vivo effects of a single prophylactic dose of recombinant bovine interferon (rBoIFN)-alpha I1 in calves with salmonellosis were investigated, using a Salmonella typhimurium infection model. Treatment with rBoIFN-alpha I1 reduced the degree of septicemia compared with that in control groups, and, in one experiment, using disease of reduced severity, body temperature was lower in treated calves than in controls.
Centre de Recherches Agricoles, CIBA-GEIGY, St. Aubin, Switzerland.
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018805:Sepsis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D013997:Time Factors
D007370:Interferon Type I; D011994:Recombinant Proteins