Aeroallergens in dairy barns near Cooperstown, New York and Rochester, Minnesota

Journal Article · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · American Review of Respiratory Disease; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm/140.2.317· OSTI ID:5184547

Campbell, A R; Swanson, M C; Fernandez-Caldas, E; Reed, C E; May, J J; Pratt, D S ^[1]

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1. Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN (USA)

We sampled atmospheric barn air using a volumetric air sampler in ten barns near Cooperstown, NY and six barns near Rochester, MN, and, with radioimmunoassays, measured allergens of Aspergillus fumigatus, Thermoactinomyces vulgaris, Micropolyspori faeni, short ragweed, rye grass group I pollen, Alternaria (Alt-1), Dermatophagoides sp. Lepidoglyphus destructor, common insect allergen, mouse urine, rat urine, and cattle epithelium. The most abundant allergen present was A. fumigatus followed by L. destructor. This study provides initial data on barn aerobiology and demonstrates for the first time the abundance of L. destructor allergens in North American dairy barns. More comprehensive study of barns, poultry houses, confinement houses for swine, and other agricultural environments from various geographic locations is needed to define the allergen levels to which millions of farm workers are exposed each day. While most of the allergens were expected, the presence of airborne allergens reactive with antisera to Dermatophagoides suggests indirectly that substantial amounts of pyroglyphid mites are present in some barns.

• OSTI ID: 5184547
• Journal Information: American Review of Respiratory Disease; (USA), Journal Name: American Review of Respiratory Disease; (USA) Vol. 140:2; ISSN ARDSB; ISSN 0003-0805
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
AGRICULTURE
AIR POLLUTION
AIR SAMPLERS
ALLERGY
ANIMAL TISSUES
ANIMALS
ARACHNIDS
ARTHROPODS
BACTERIA
BIOASSAY
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL WASTES
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
CATTLE
DAIRY INDUSTRY
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
EPITHELIUM
EQUIPMENT
FEDERAL REGION II
FEDERAL REGION V
FOOD INDUSTRY
FUNGI
GAMETES
GERM CELLS
IMMUNOASSAY
IMMUNOLOGY
INDUSTRY
INSECTS
INVERTEBRATES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
MICE
MICROORGANISMS
MINNESOTA
MITES
NEW YORK
NORTH AMERICA
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PLANTS
POLLEN
POLLUTION
RADIOASSAY
RADIOIMMUNOASSAY
RADIOIMMUNODETECTION
RADIOIMMUNOLOGY
RATS
RODENTS
RUMINANTS
SAMPLERS
TISSUES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
URINE
USA
VERTEBRATES
WASTES