Endotoxin concentrations within the breathing zone of horses are higher in stables than on pasture

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-57

  Berndt, Annerose ^a   Derksen, Frederik J ^a   Edward Robinson, N ^a  

^a Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Breathing zone; Endotoxin; Pasturing; Stabling

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

AIR SAMPLER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE; HUMIDITY; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASTURE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; POACEAE; TEMPERATURE;

EQUIDAE; LIMULUS;

EID: 72249113224     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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