Abstract: A food product and method for treating and preventing diarrhea in a subject animal suffering from or susceptible to diarrhea. The method comprises administering an egg product to the subject animal wherein the egg product is obtained from a hyperimmunized avian.

Abstract: The invention provides a biological method of producing farnesol or geranylgeraniol.

Abstract: A composition, preferably used to reduce methane formation in a ruminant, wherein the composition is a combination of a polycyclic quinone compound and an ionophore compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated linoleate isomerase and its nucleic acid and amino acid sequence. The present invention also provides a method for producing CLA from an oil using an immobilized bacterial cell or an isolated linoleate isomerase.

Abstract: A method for supplementing new antibody or adding additional titer of an already present antibody into the circulating system in a newborn by feeding antibody to the newborn within the first few days of its life. The antibody is preferably obtained from the egg of an immunized mother and fed to the newborn within the first 24 hours of its life.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a composition and method for the treatment and prevention of inflammation and inflammatory related disorders. The composition is glucosamine in combination with an egg product. It is generally preferred that the egg product is obtained from an avian which has been hyperimmunized with an immungenic mixture and/or which contains an anti-inflammatory composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated (trans,cis)-10,12-linoleate isomerase and its nucleic acid and amino acid sequences. The present invention also provides a method for producing conjugated linoleic acid or conjugated linolenic acid (CLA), or derivatives thereof, from an oil using an immobilized cell and/or an isolated linoleate isomerase. The present invention also provides an isolated lipase-like protein and its nucleic acid and amino acid sequences. The present invention also provides an isolated acetyltransferase-like enzyme and its nucleic acid and amino acid sequences.

Abstract: The invention provides a biological method of producing farnesol or geranylgeraniol.

Abstract: The invention provides a biological method of producing geranylgeraniol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and materials for producing glucosamine by fermentation of a genetically modified microorganism. Included in the present invention are genetically modified microorganisms useful in the present method for producing glucsamine, as well as recombinant nucleic acid molecules and the proteins produces by such recombinant nucleic acid molecules.

Abstract: A product and method for reducing and preventing the ingestion of substrates by avians wherein the substrates are disposed within an avian house. The product is a bird repellent in combination with a substrate disposed within an avian house. As a result of the reduced ingestion of substrates such as litter, healthier avians are achieved.

Abstract: Disclosed is an isolated Cytokine Activating Factor (CAF) protein, an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a CAF protein, an antibody that selectively binds to a CAF protein, a composition comprising a Cytokine Activating Factor (CAF), and a method for modulating the immune system using the composition. Also disclosed is a method for treating cancer using such a composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and materials for producing glucosamine by fermentation of a genetically modified microorganism. Included in the present invention are genetically modified microorganisms useful in the present method for producing glucsamine, as well as recombinant nucleic acid molecules and the proteins produces by such recombinant nucleic acid molecules.

Abstract: A method for deterring birds from perching, roosting or loafing on plant and structural surfaces by applying to the surfaces a non-toxic composition. The non-toxic composition is one that triggers a physiological aversion mechanism in birds by a visual cue and a post-ingestinal response.

Abstract: The invention is an acid-chitosan complex which is made up of chitosan, a sufficient amount of one or more acids, and an effective amount of water. This acid-chitosan is water-soluble in a dry form. A further aspect of this invention is various methods for producing such a water-soluble acid-chitosan complex and methods for using this acid-chitosan complex, particularly for reducing fat absorption in an animal.

Abstract: A method for reducing the level of hydrogen sulfide in water containing sulfur-reducing bacteria and hydrogen sulfide-metabolizing bacteria by addition of an aqueous solution of metallic nitrogen oxides and small particles of water-insoluble polycyclic quinones.