First report of naturally acquired clinical sarcocystosis in a pig breeding stock.

A two-year-old Large White boar from a pig breeding stock in an indoor farm in Switzerland presented anorexia, reduced general condition and fever. Despite antibiotic and anti-inflammatory treatment, the boar developed severe dyspnoea and cyanosis, and died after 4 days. At necropsy, no gross lesions were observed.

Biochemical and histochemical effects of perorally applied endotoxin on intestinal mucin glycoproteins of the common carp Cyprinus carpio.

Mucins are high molecular weight glycoproteins produced by goblet cells and secreted on mucosal surfaces. We investigated biochemical and histochemical properties of intestinal mucins of virus- and parasite-free common carp Cyprinus carpio in response to a single peroral application of endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide = LPS). Intracellular mucins were quantified histochemically by their carbohydrate content and characterized by specific, lectin-based methods.