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Lectin Histochemistry Of Trachea And Lung Of Healthy Turkeys (Meleagris Gallopavo) And Turkeys With Pneumonia, Mark R. Ackermann, N. F. Cheville, P. G. Detilleux
Lectin Histochemistry Of Trachea And Lung Of Healthy Turkeys (Meleagris Gallopavo) And Turkeys With Pneumonia, Mark R. Ackermann, N. F. Cheville, P. G. Detilleux
Mark R. Ackermann
Thirteen lectins were used to characterize lectin-binding specificity of glycoconjugates on sections of formalin-fixed lung and trachea from seven normal turkeys, two turkeys with acute pneumonia, and two turkeys with chronic pneumonia. Neuraminidase was used to digest sialic acid residues. One N-acetylgalactosamine-binding lectin and two N-acetylgalactosamine/galactose-binding lectins stained the apical membrane and cytoplasm of multifocal cells that lined air atria and hyperplastic granular cells. Other lectins in these groups stained ciliated cells of the trachea and bronchi and air capillary epithelial cells. Sialic acid residues were on apical surfaces of ciliated and nonciliated tracheal and bronchial lining cells, air capillary …