Serotherapy

Serotherapy (from lat. Serum - serum and therapy ) - the treatment of infectious diseases of humans and animals with immune serums , a type of immunotherapy . Most often, serum is injected into the body intramuscularly, less often - intravenously. Serum antibodies neutralize germs and toxins. Typically, serum is obtained by hyperimmunization of horses . In addition, gamma globulin and immunoglobulin are used for serotherapy. In veterinary medicine, serotherapy is used to treat anthrax , hemorrhagic septicemia , lambs dysentery , swine erysipelas and other diseases.

Emil Adolf von Bering , Kitasato Sibasaburo , Emil Roux and Alexander Jersen developed a blood serum treatment method at the end of the 19th century.