The invention relates to the production of proteins and other substances
of interest in saliva of transgenic animals, particularly in mammals that
produce large quantities of saliva, particularly monogastric ruminants,
and ovine, caprine and bovine mammals. Preferred embodiments of the
invention relate in particular to the production of foreign and modified
proteins in the transgenic saliva of these animals, including
particularly human fibrinogen, human prothrombin and human thrombin,
among others. The invention relates as well to methods, devices, genetic
constructs and to transgenic constructs for making the proteins and other
substances of interest, to novel saliva and saliva-derived compositions,
novel products from the saliva, and to uses of the saliva, saliva-derived
compositions and novel products.