Agricultural Respiratory Hazards Series

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A series of nine booklets outlining the hazards related to farming, where these hazards occur, the possible effects related to these hazards, and how to control for these hazards. The series consists of:

Unit 1: Agricultural Structures and Respiratory Problems
Unit 2: Dust from Decayed Grain, Hay and Silage
Unit 3: Grain Dusts
Unit 4: Livestock Confinement Dusts and Gases
Unit 5: Oxides of Nitrogen (Silo Gas)
Unit 6: Applied Agricultural Chemicals
Unit 7: Infectious Diseases
Unit 8: Measurement of Agricultural Dusts and Gases
Unit 9: Personal Protective Equipment

Hazardous agents in agricultural dusts and methods of evaluation

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Agricultural Respiratory Hazards Education Series – Unit 2 Dusts from Decayed Hay, Grain and Silage

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Decayed Grain, Hay and Silage Dusts on the farm. Exposed to these dusts, and when? How common are these dusts and related resiratory diseases? Respiratory problems from Decayed Grain, Hay and Silage Dusts. How can these potential respiratory problems be diagnosed? What treatments are available. How can be prevent potential respiratory related problems?

Ambient levels of selected gases inside swine confinement buildings

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Characterization of dusts collected from swine confinement buildings.

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Solutions to Reduce Ammonis Levels in Swine Facilities

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Excessive ammonia levels within a operation can adversely impact pig performce through altering metalbolic reactions or pig health; as well creating a unfavourable working enivronment for its staff. Three options were examined in the reduction od ammonia levels: (1) dilute the ammonia through higher ventilation rates (2) remove the ammonia before it reaches the pigs (3) eliminate the cause of the ammonia. Ammonia levels were studied in a variety of building designs to assist the reader in experiencing methods of reducing ammonia in different systems.

Exposure to microorganism, febrile airway obstructie symptoms, immune status and lung function of Swedish farmers

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A summary of midwest livestock odor court actions

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Long-term physiologic outcome after acute farmer's lung

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Waste Mangement Unit Design and Performance Data

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Design and management of livestock production facilities have a major impact on the intensity and quality of odor released. With mounting pressures for a clean environment, desire for freedom from imposition of neighbours’ influence, and a trend to confinement livestock production, odor control technology has become an increasingly important need. This need is reflected by the frequency of odor-based complaints to air pollution control agencies and individual producers, with extreme cases leading to law suits and court action.

Livestock production odors, like other nontoxic odor emissions, are generally regarded as nuisance pollutants. These odors are not regulated by federal action under the Clean Air Act. However, they have become the subject of an increasing number of state and local regulations and ordinances. Such laws may specifically control odors in several ways:

1. By definition of acceptable intensity limitations
2. Durations and frequencies constituting an nuisance at property line
3. By restricting size, design, or location of livestock production enterprises

The latter aproach is generally part of an overall land use plan and may not be recognized as a specific odor regulation.