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CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 44, Issue 10, Pages 1071-1128Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2012.746064
Keywords
agriculture; airborne transmission; dust; livestock; microorganisms; production
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Large amounts of airborne microorganisms are emitted from livestock production. These emitted microorganisms may associate with dust, and are suspected to pose a risk of airborne infection to humans in vicinity and to animals on other farms. However, the extent to which airborne transmission may play a role in the epidemic, and how dust acts as a carrier of microorganisms in the transmission processes is unknown. The authors present the current knowledge of the entire process of airborne transmission of microorganismsfrom suspension and transportation until deposition and infectionand their relation to dust. The sampling and the mitigation techniques of airborne microorganisms and dust in livestock production systems are introduced as well.
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