Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Cattle
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Cattle Diseases / prevention & control*
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Cattle Diseases / therapy
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Feces / microbiology
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Interferon Type I / therapeutic use*
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Recombinant Proteins
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Salmonella Infections, Animal / prevention & control*
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Salmonella Infections, Animal / therapy
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Salmonella typhimurium / isolation & purification
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Sepsis / therapy
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Sepsis / veterinary
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Time Factors
Substances
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Interferon Type I
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Recombinant Proteins