| 摘要 |
<p>PCT No. PCT/GB95/00419 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 20, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 20, 1996 PCT Filed Feb. 28, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/23229 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 31, 1995The invention relates to a method of combating an animal parasite in a host which comprises delivering an anti-parasitic protein to the parasite or to a locus thereof by administering the protein to the host animal as a medicament or as a food. The anti-parasitic protein may be an inhibitor of an enzyme of the parasite, for example an inhibitor of a digestive enzyme such as a cysteine protease inhibitor. The parasite may be a helminth or a protozoan, for example, a nematode. According to one embodiment the anti-parasitic protein is expressed in a transgenic plant which may be a dietary crop for the host animal.</p> |
