The use of cardboard bedding material as part of an environmental control regime for heaves-affected horses: In vitro assessment of airborne dust and aeroallergen Concentration and In Vivo Effects on Lung Function

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 319-325

  Kirschvink, Nathalie ^a   Di Silvestro, F ^a   Sbai I ^a   Vandenput, S ^a   Art, T ^a   Roberts, C ^b   Lekeux, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeroallergens; Airborne dust; Heaves; Lung function; Minimum dust bedding

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BED; BRONCHUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGE; HORSE DISEASE; HYGIENE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HORSE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PAPER; SYNDROME;

EQUIDAE;

ALLERGEN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DUST; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PAPER; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0036559345     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tvjl.2001.0658     Document Type: Article

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