%0 Journal Article %T Studies on the Immunomodulatory Effects of Lactoferrin in Rats Infected with E. coli %A Mohamed El-Sayed El-Boshy %A Osama Ali Abdalla %A Adal Hassan %J Journal of Immune Based Therapies, Vaccines and Antimicrobials %P 39-43 %@ 2168-1554 %D 2013 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/jibtva.2013.24005 %X

Eighty male albino rats of Westar strain (350 ¡À 10 g), 10 to 12 weeks old were divided into four groups. The groups treated are as following. The first control group (Gp. I) was given intraperitoneally in normal saline (1 mL). The second group (Gp. II) was orally infected with 3 ¡Á 10¹² CFU of E. coli /Kg. BW. The third group (Gp. III) was infected with