Respiratory diseases and allergy in farmers working with livestock: a EAACI position paper.

ABSTRACT: Farmers constitute a large professional group worldwide. In developed countries farms tend to become larger, with a concentration of farm operations. Animal farming has been associated with negative respiratory effects such as work-related asthma and rhinitis. However, being born and raised or working on a farm reduces the risk of atopic asthma and rhinitis later in life. A risk of chronic bronchitis and bronchial obstruction/COPD has been reported in confinement buildings and livestock farmers. This position paper reviews the literature linking exposure information to intensive animal farming and the risk of work-related respiratory diseases and focuses on prevention. Animal farming is associated with exposure to organic dust containing allergens and microbial matter including alive micro

SUBMITTER: Sigsgaard T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7336421 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature