In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a method for preventing or treating a
coronavirus infection in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a hyperimmunized
egg product obtained from an egg-producing animal, thereby preventing or treating
coronavirus infection in the subject, wherein the hyperimmunized
egg product comprises a therapeutically effective amount of one or more antibodies to the
coronavirus. The present disclosure is also directed to hyperimmunized eggs and egg products produced by an animal that has been hyperimmunized with an
antigen selected from i) a spike (S)
protein, an S1
subunit protein, an S2
subunit protein, a
receptor binding domain (RBD), and an immunogenic fragment thereof; ii) a nucleocapsid (N) protein, and an immunogenic fragment thereof; iii) a human ACE2
receptor protein, and an immunogenic fragment thereof; and iv) a
human coronavirus selected from the group consisting of SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, HCoV-HKU1, HCoV-NL63, HCoV-OC43 and HCoV-229E. Methods of preparing the hyperimmunized eggs and egg products are also disclosed.