These changes in gastric mucins (Figs 5 and 7 and S3–S7 Figs) also followed the same time course as effects on abomasal secretion, tissue eosinophilia and the numbers of luminal worms, becoming marked from Day 10 p.i. In uninfected animals, there was strong staining of Muc5AC in SMC, on the luminal surface and in cells in the short, wide pits, but few MNC which synthesise Muc6 (Fig 5) [18]. Here, MUC6 is linked to Increased total eosinophil count.