Levels of bacterial endotoxin in the samples of settled dust collected in animal houses

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-41

  Pomorska, Dorota ^a   Larsson, Lennart ^b   Skórska, Czesława ^c   Sitkowska, Jolanta ^c   Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Animal houses; Bacterial endotoxin; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Limulus test; Settled dust

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; LIMULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 69249222649     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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