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Nasal mucus samples (containing 1 mg/ml total protein), prepared by concentrating nasal wash samples so that the total amount of IgA was equivalent to about 1/10 of that in natural nasal mucus, were obtained both before vaccination (week 0) and 3 weeks after primary (week 3) and secondary vaccination (week 6).

To determine the numbers of Vibrio spp. associated with coral, mucus samples were obtained from six corals per site using specially developed "super-suckers".

On the day of culling, samples of uterine fluid, vaginal mucus, and milk were obtained from 957 pregnant animals in 13 herds.

Nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPA) from participants were obtained using a mucus trap (ARGYLE™ DeLee, Kendall, MA, USA).

28 nasopharyngeal aspirates were obtained using disposable mucus extractors within 48 h of admission.

Mucus specimens from both nares of the child were obtained using a sterile cotton-tipped swab.

NPAs were obtained by direct aspiration via a mucus trap connected to a suction device on the first day, without induction of cough or instillation of saline solutions.

Liposomes of about 100 nm were obtained using microfluidization and their behaviour with the human intestinal mucus were evaluated using drop shape tensiometry.

Mucus scores, tracheal wash (cytology, bacterial culture) and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF; cytology) were obtained while stabled and following 2.5 h transportation (with and without hay).

The first sample of mucus (baseline) was obtained using the brush technique and no removal of the ETT was required.

The mucus that will be obtained will then be separated from the saliva using forceps, weighed and rocked with four times its volume of dithiothreitol (Sputolysin; Calbiochem Corp., La Jolla, California, USA) for 15 min.