Abstract
The present invention relates to animals that express exogenous growth factors in their milk, and in particular to pigs that express exogenous IGF-I in their milk. The present invention also relates to methods for increasing piglet weight gain and intestinal lactase activity. The present invention thus provides a method of facilitating piglet development and decreasing piglet mortality.
Original language | English (US) |
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U.S. patent number | 7169963 |
Filing date | 9/30/03 |
State | Published - Jan 30 2007 |