Prevention and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

摘要

There is disclosed a novel method and product for the treatment and prevention of rheumatoid arthritis. The method involves passive immunization against a mixed spectrum of infectious bacteria which reside in the human gastrointestinal tract. The passive immunization is accomplished by oral injestion of IgG immunoglobulin obtained from the milk of cows that have been immunized against a specific spectrum of bacterial types. A unique combination of bacterial species is formulated into a vaccine which is used to immunize dairy cattle. The IgG antibody obtained from the milk of the immunized cows constitutes the product of the invention.