Investigation of the mite fauna content of dust samples collected from pig and poultry farms - Report of the first finding in Western Europe of the house-dust mite Dermatophagoides evansi in dust from poultry houses;Een oriënterend onderzoek naar de mijtenfauna in stofmonsters uit varkens-en pluimveestalen in Nederland. Eerste vondst van de huisstofmijt Dermatophagoides evansi in pluimvee-stalstof in West-Europa

Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde

Volumn 125, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 677-678

  Elbers, A R W ^a   Blaauw, P J ^b   Heijmans, J F ^c   Tielen, M J M ^d  

^a Afdeling Varkensgezondheidszorg   (Netherlands)

^b ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Afdeling Pluimveegezondheidszorg   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CROSS REACTION; DUST; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MITE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SWINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ALLERGENS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CROSS REACTIONS; DUST; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MITES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SWINE; VETERINARIANS;

EID: 0034668873     PISSN: 00407453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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