Vegetable oil sprinkling as a dust reduction method in swine confinement

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-15

  Nonnenmann, Mathew W ^a   Donham, Kelley J ^a   Rautiainen, Risto H ^a   O'Shaughnessy, Patrick T ^a   Burmeister, Leon F ^a   Reynolds, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Canola oil; Dust; Organic dust; Soybean oil; Swine

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DUST; VEGETABLE OILS;

CANOLA OIL; DUST REDUCTION METHOD; ORGANIC DUST; SOYBEAN OIL; SWINE; SWINE CONFINEMENT; VEGETABLE OIL SPRINKLING SYSTEM;

AGRICULTURE;

BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; GLYCINE MAX; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; SUS SCROFA;

VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DUST; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARTICLE SIZE; RANDOMIZATION; SWINE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DUST; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT OILS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE;

EID: 1842429707     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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