PASSIVE-IMMUNITY AGAINST DIARRHEA

Passive immunity against a variety of respiratory and gastrointestinal pathogens has recently been increasingly used clinically, and oral ad ministration of antibodies of both human and non-human origin has been tried both for prophylaxis and treatment of infections. Although the former type of therapy has been shown to be effective, data on the lat ter are still scarce. This commentary focuses on recent studies on suc cessful oral therapeutic administration of bovine immunoglobulins.