Chronic exposure of pigs to airborne dust and endotoxins in an environmental chamber: Technical note

Veterinary Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 569-578

  Urbain, B ^a   Prouvost, J F ^a   Beerens, D ^a   Michel, O ^b   Nicks, B ^a   Ansay, M ^a   Gustin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Airborne dust; Endotoxin; Environmental chamber

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIMULUS; SUS SCROFA;

ENDOTOXIN; ENDOTOXIN, ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; DUST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROCLIMATE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOUSING, ANIMAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0030329680     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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