A morphometric and functional study of the toxicity of atmospheric ammonia in the extrathoracic airways in pigs

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 381-399

  Urbain, B ^a   Gustin, P ^a   Charlier, G ^b   Coignoul, F ^a   Lambotte, J L ^a   Grignon, G ^c   Foliguet, B ^c   Vidic, B ^c   Beerens, D ^a   Prouvost, J F ^a   Ansay, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Belgian National Institute for Veterinary Research   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Hyperplasia; Mucosa; Nasal; Neutrophil; Pigs; Smooth muscle; Toxicity; Trachea; Turbinate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CARBACHOL; ISOPRENALINE; MUSCARINIC AGENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUTROPHIL; NOSE MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SWINE; TRACHEA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; CELL NUCLEUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIUM; ISOPROTERENOL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NASAL MUCOSA; NEUTROPHILS; SWINE; TRACHEA;

EID: 18744421381     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00366545     Document Type: Article

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