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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Farmer's lung disease is caused by inhaling the spores of the fungus from stored | Farmer's lung disease is caused by inhaling the [[Spore|spores]] of the fungus from stored food grains or [[mold]]<nowiki/>y hay. | ||
==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
Mold spores which are produced by micro organisms which grow in baled hay, stored grain, or silage with a high moisture content (30 percent) are main causes of Farmer's Lung. They become active when temperatures reach 70 degrees Fahrenheit in poorly ventilated areas. | * [[Spores|Mold spores]] which are produced by micro organisms which grow in [[baled hay,]] [[stored grain]], or [[silage]] with a high [[Moisture analysis|moisture]] content (30 percent) are main causes of Farmer's Lung. They become active when temperatures reach 70 degrees Fahrenheit in poorly ventilated areas. | ||
* Farmer's Lung is also more common on dairy farms, especially those not equipped with automated equipment for handling hay or feed. | |||
* Heavy concentrations of mold spores appear as a dry, white or gray powder in grain or forage. When the feed is moved, billions of these microscopic sized particles become airborne and attach themselves to dust. | |||
* These particles pass through the nose, hair, and throat, mucous and accumulate in the lungs where they can cause an [[allergic type]] of [[pneumonia]]. | |||
Heavy concentrations of mold spores appear as a dry, white or gray powder in grain or forage. When the feed is moved, billions of these microscopic sized particles become airborne and attach themselves to dust. | * Organic antigens-[[thermophilic]] [[actinomycetes]]<ref name="pmid321110">{{cite journal |vauthors=Warren CP |title=Lung disease in farmers |journal=Can Med Assoc J |volume=116 |issue=4 |pages=391–4 |date=February 1977 |pmid=321110 |pmc=1879238 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
* Inorganic substances- [[isocyanate]] | |||
These particles pass through the | |||
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==References== | ==References== |
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Overview
Farmer's lung disease is caused by inhaling the spores of the fungus from stored food grains or moldy hay.
Causes
- Mold spores which are produced by micro organisms which grow in baled hay, stored grain, or silage with a high moisture content (30 percent) are main causes of Farmer's Lung. They become active when temperatures reach 70 degrees Fahrenheit in poorly ventilated areas.
- Farmer's Lung is also more common on dairy farms, especially those not equipped with automated equipment for handling hay or feed.
- Heavy concentrations of mold spores appear as a dry, white or gray powder in grain or forage. When the feed is moved, billions of these microscopic sized particles become airborne and attach themselves to dust.
- These particles pass through the nose, hair, and throat, mucous and accumulate in the lungs where they can cause an allergic type of pneumonia.
- Organic antigens-thermophilic actinomycetes[1]
- Inorganic substances- isocyanate