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Document ID (ISN)39134
CIS number 83-245
ISSN - Serial title 0049-8610 - Zeitschrift für die gesamte Hygiene und ihre Grenzgebiete
Year 1981
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Thiele W., Bergmann K.C., Lehnigk K., Thiele E., Wittig M.
Title Airborne organic dust in animal sheds - a risk factor in the occurrence of occupational diseases in animal husbandmen
Original title Organische Stäube der Stalluft als Risikofaktor für die Entstehung arbeitsbedingter Erkrankungen bei Werktätigen der Tierproduktion [in German]
Bibliographic information Mar. 1981, Vol.27, No.3, p.180-182.
Abstract Research in the German Democratic Republic has shown chronic non-specific pulmonary disease to the more common among animal husbandmen than in the population as a whole, indicating the role of occupational factors, especially organic dusts, in the aetiopathogenesis. The methodology and results of a health survey in industrial pig fattening plants are described: microclimate, dust counts and particle size analyses, pathogenesic bacteria counts, pathogen counts in relation to climatic factors and dust levels, precipitating antibodies and degree of sensitisation. There is a need to analyse organic dust composition when assessing the health conditions and the medical supervision of exposed workers.
Descriptors (primary) livestock rearing; swine; chronic respiratory diseases; organic dust; pathogenic bacteria
Descriptors (secondary) chronic bronchitis; Staphylococcus; sensitization; dust measurement; microclimate; occupational health survey
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Livestock rearing
Animal hazards