Analysis of bedding and rafter dust from North Carolina chicken coops.

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• Personal Author:
  Conway SJ ; D'Alessandri A ; Lenhart, Steven W. ; Olenchock SA ; Siegel, Paul D.
• Description:
  Respiratory problems documented among poultry farmers include airway irritation, cough, chest tightness and phlegm. In the present study, bedding and rafter dust from 16 different chicken coops were examined. The bedding ranged in age from 2 weeks to 3 years old. Each bedding and dust was examined for bacteria (total, gram negative and thermophilic), fungi, endotoxin, histamine and ammonia. The presence of chicken sera, sera albumin, IgG and egg albumin were also documented. The rafter dust was aerosolized, the respirable fraction collected and evaluated for endotoxin, histamine, and ammonia. Only ammonia correlated with the age of the bedding (up to 1.5 years old r-0.9488). The 2-week-old bedding contained an unusually high amount of endotoxin (13570 EU /mg). In the other beddings, rafter and respirable dusts endotoxin levels ranged from 15.2 to 814 EU/mg, 50.9 to 865.2 EU/mg, and 0.1 to 512.8 EU/mg, respectively. Histamine was found in all samples tested ranging from 0.33 to 6.6 ng/mg bedding or dust. Chicken coop bedding and dust contains a variety of substances and organisms that may present a potential respiratory risk to farmers.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Biopharmaceutics Hazardous Substances Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Air Sampling Albumin Ammonia Bacteria Dust Exposure Dusts Endotoxins Environmental Exposure Exposure Levels Families Farmers Farm Workers Fungi Hazards Histamines Humans Men Poultry Poultry Industry Poultry Workers Respiratory Irritants Respiratory System Disorders Risk Factors Safety-practices Women Work Environment Worker-health Workers

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  560
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055992
• Citation:
  Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural Safety and Health (FarmSafe 2000). Myers ML, Herrick RF, Olenchock SA, Myers JR, Parker, John E., Hard DL, Wilson K, eds. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 92-105, 1992 Sep; :560
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ammonia (CAS RN 7664-41-7)
• Editor(s):
  Myers ML ; Herrick RF ; Olenchock SA ; Myers JR ; Parker, John E. ; Hard DL ; Wilson K
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural Safety and Health (FarmSafe 2000), April 30-May 3, 1991, Des Moines, Iowa
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f17f464807e109d8caaca2ec130b556270c6b49ea535850e101dc14e79f0cb51307a4422623493a2790a32d9fe4837a417f0161126435f1b1c1560d6c836b862
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181761/cdc_181761_DS1.pdf
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