Respiratory Health: Protecting Your Lungs on the Poultry Farm – Training Guide

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• Corporate Authors:
  University of Texas at Tyler. Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education
• Description:
  On livestock farms, the air quality can be suboptimal. If you didn't have a respirator (sometimes called dust masks) with you, you might have tried to use a handkerchief or your shirt to help filter out the dust. This hazardous dust not only makes it hard to breathe, but it can also make us sick and cause lung disease. Poultry house dust is a complex mixture of animal dander, feed particles, animal waste, and bacteria. Our research has found that poultry house dust contains extremely small particles (nanoparticles), known as bacterial extracellular vesicles, that are released by the bacteria. During the winter months, ammonia can be especially prevalent. When nitrogenous compounds break down, they produce ammonia. It can be characterized by a sharp and pungent odor. Spending periods of time in an area with minimal or poor ventilation of ammonia concentrations, it can be particularly damaging to your health. For example: between flocks when the house is closed or during the brooding period. The most vulnerable route of entry is the lungs. This route is the quickest and most direct, because of its large surface area. Although the lungs have built-in mechanisms to defend against foreign matter, like coughing and sneezing, the capacity of the lungs is limited. Respiratory protective devices should be worn if other measures to control exposure, such as ventilation, are not available or are insufficient. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Food Industry Livestock Occupational Health Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory System Safety
• Keywords:
  Poultry Respirable Dust Respirator Selection Respiratory Health Respiratory Protection
• Publisher:
  Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Teaching Materials
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070081
• Citation:
  Tyler, TX: Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education, 2022 Apr; :1-12
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Respiratory health: protecting your lungs on the poultry farm - training guide
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208376/cdc_208376_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.64 MB ]