About the Authors

Kadri Kangro

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Mihhail Kurašin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Kiira Gildemann

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Eve Sankovski

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Eva Žusinaite

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Laura Sandra Lello

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Raini Pert

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Ants Kavak

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia

Väino Poikalainen

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Teadus ja Tegu OÜ, Märja, Tartumaa, Estonia

Lembit Lepasalu

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Teadus ja Tegu OÜ, Märja, Tartumaa, Estonia

Marilin Kuusk

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Robin Pau

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Sander Piiskop

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Chemi-Pharm AS, Tänassilma, Harjumaa, Estonia

Siimu Rom

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Chemi-Pharm AS, Tänassilma, Harjumaa, Estonia

Ruth Oltjer

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Chemi-Pharm AS, Tänassilma, Harjumaa, Estonia

Kairi Tiirik

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Karin Kogermann

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Mario Plaas

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Laboratory Animal Centre, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Toomas Tiirats

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia

Birgit Aasmäe

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia

Mihkel Plaas

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

Affiliation Ear Clinic of Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia

Karl Mumm

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Dagni Krinka

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Icosagen AS, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Ene Talpsep

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

Affiliation Icosagen AS, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Meelis Kadaja

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Joachim M. Gerhold

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Anu Planken

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliations Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia, North-Estonian Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia

Andres Tover

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Andres Merits

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Andres Männik

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Mart Ustav Jr

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mart.ustav@icosagen.ee (MU); mart.ustav.jr@icosagen.ee (MUJ)

Affiliation Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Mart Ustav

Roles Conceptualization

mart.ustav@icosagen.ee (MU); mart.ustav.jr@icosagen.ee (MUJ)

Affiliation Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ, Õssu, Kambja vald, Tartumaa, Estonia

Competing Interests

The use of bovine colostrum as a prophylactic agent against SARS-CoV-2 has been patented (US patent application no 63/160,833) by Mario Plaas, K. Kogermann, E. Žusinaite, T. Tiirats, B. Aasmäe, A. Kavak, V. Poikalainen, L. Lepasalu, S. Piiskop, S. Rom, R. Oltjer, K. Kangro, E. Sankovski, J. M. Gerhold, R. Pert, A. Männik, A. Planken, A. Tover, M. Kurašin, M. Ustav and M. Ustav Jr.