Method of regulating appetite and efficiency of food utilization employing interferon
Abstract
The appetite of a warm-blooded vertebrate can be regulated by administering to the vertebrate a biological active fraction of interferon in an amount effective to modulate the vertebrate's food intake or efficiency in utilizing food. The appetite of a cow can be stimulated by the oral or intravenous administration of bovine fibroblast interferon or by interferon secreted nasally by the cow in response to inoculation with a vaccinal virus strain such as that of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus. The appetite of swine can be enhanced by oral administration of bovine fibroblast interferon.
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Citation
Cummins, Joseph M. (1985). Method of regulating appetite and efficiency of food utilization employing interferon. United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /176598.