Industrial Health
Online ISSN : 1880-8026
Print ISSN : 0019-8366
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Effect of Manual Feeding on the Level of Farmer's Exposure to Airborne Contaminants in the Confinement Nursery Pig House
Ki-Youn KIMHan-Jong KOHyeon-Tae KIMChi-Nyon KIMYoon-Shin KIMYoung-Man ROH
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Volume 46 (2008) Issue 2 Pages 138-143

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The objective of the study is to demonstrate an effect of manual feeding on the level of farmer's exposure to airborne contaminants in the confinement nursery pig house. The levels of all the airborne contaminants besides respirable dust, total airborne fungi and ammonia were significantly higher in the treated nursery pig house with feeding than the control nursery pig house without feeding. Although there is no significant difference in respirable dust and total airborne fungi between the treatment and the control, their concentrations in the treated nursery pig house were also higher than the control nursery pig house. The result that the level of ammonia in the treated nursery pig house is lower than the control nursery pig house would be reasoned by the mechanism of ammonia generation in the pig house and adsorption property of ammonia to dust particles. In conclusion, manual feeding by farmer increased the exposure level of airborne contaminants compared to no feeding activity.

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