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in humans, found he could transfer immunity to patients by using dialyzed leukocytes. When this extract
was taken from a blood donor resistant to the pathogen
and injected into a patient that had no immunity, the
immunity of the donor was transferred to the na��ve
patient. Part of the lymphocyte (white blood cell) contained what Lawrence dubbed ���transfer factor.���
Research was conducted during the 1950���s through
1970���s then nearly halted because the world���s blood
supply was becoming contaminated by HIV and hepatitis C virus and the only known source of transfer factor was blood. Also, more exciting new discoveries revolved around antimicrobials.
The phenomenon of transfer factor was not actively pursued again until the late 1980���s when researchers
discovered that bovine colostrum contains significant
amounts of this ingredient that stimulates both humoral and cellular immunity. Veterinary researchers
observed a large number of lymphcytic cells in
colostrum, and discovered that transfer factor is a lymphokine���one of the protein messengers released by
antigen-sensitized lymphocytes (white blood cells).
Chicken eggs also contain transfer factors and the
combination from eggs and colostrum increases effectiveness by 185 percent. A veterinary product called Livestock Stress Formula was created by Dr. Joe Ramaekers,
and is now used in cattle during stress periods to help
prevent illness. ���If we give it to newborn calves, it���s the
equivalent of 6 to 8 gallons of colostrum in terms of protective factors,��� says Slagle. ���At weaning they are ����
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