FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to veterinary. Method of increasing activity of natural killer-cells in animal includes introduction to animal of lipoic acid in amount from 10 mg to 1000 mg per day. Invention also relates to method of increasing immune response in animal by introduction to it of lipoic acid, as well as to composition, acceptable for increase of immune response or activity of natural killer-cells in animal, which includes: life-sustaining amount of nutrients and more than 50 ppm of lipoic acid, set for introduction of lipoic acid to animal, as well as to application of lipoic acid for obtaining medication for enhancing immune response and for increasing natural killer-cell activity in animal.
EFFECT: invention ensures increase of efficiency of natural killer-cell activity and immune response in animals.
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