Anti-Cholesterolemic Vaccine

It is an object of the invention to produce avian eggs which, when consumed by humans and other warm-blooded animals, will not increase the concentrations of serum lipids in said subjects.

It is also an object of the invention to provide avian eggs having beneficial effects upon disorders of the vascular systems.

The invention provides materials and a process for producing such avian eggs, said materials comprising bacterial antigens in vaccine form, and said process comprising immunization and hyperimmunization of avians with said bacterial antigen vaccine.

A further object of the invention is to provide a method for treating vascular disorders in humans and other warm-blooded animals.

These and other objects of the invention, which will hereinafter become more readily apparent, have been obtained by providing a method of treating vascular disorders in humans and other warm-blooded animals which comprises administering to said animal eggs collected from avian genera maintained in a hyperimmune state against specific bacterial antigens, in an amount sufficient to produce anti-arteriosclerotic, anti-aging vascular, or serum lipid-lowering effects. Further, by the present invention, avian eggs are provided which, upon consumption by humans and other warm blood animal, do not produce an elevation of serum cholesterol concentrations but rather, result in a lowering of serum cholesterol concentrations, said eggs being produced by avians being maintained in a hyperimmune state against specific bacterial antigens.