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. |
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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
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Broad subject area(s) |
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Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar) Livestock rearing Animal hazards
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