Particulate matter in calf stables: impact on airway inflammation and influential environmental factors Ghent University
The detrimental effects of poor ambient air quality, in particular fine dust (particulate matter), on human respiratory health are extensively studied and well known, in contrast to (farm) animals. Agricultural environments, in particular stables, are important sources of organic dust and emissions of other air pollutants like ammonia. In animals poor air quality induces airway inflammation and pneumonia, but the exact contributing factors ...