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<p>Livestock buildings are often contaminated with bacterial and fungal microflora. Animals living in the buildings, especially their excreta and secretions and their feed, can be a source of microorganisms, including pathogens. Significant microbial contamination occurs in pig houses, poultry houses and cowsheds. The microbes most frequently isolated from the air of these buildings are bacteria of the genera <italic>Streptococcus</italic>, <italic>Staphylococcus</italic>, <italic>Bacillus</italic>, and <italic>Clostridium</italic> and of the family <italic>Enterobacteriaceae</italic>. Among fungi, the most common are <italic>Aspergillus</italic>, <italic>Trichoderma</italic>, <italic>Penicillium</italic>, <italic>Cladosporium</italic> and <italic>Alternaria</italic>. Microbes present in livestock buildings often pose a hazard to workers, in whom they can cause infectious and allergic diseases, especially respiratory disease. Bacterial endotoxins may also pose a threat to humans and animals. For this reason it is important to carry out microbiological monitoring and preventive measures on livestock farms and to maintain appropriate environmental conditions. This will reduce microbiological contamination of livestock buildings and improve both workers’ health and animal welfare.</p>
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Livestock buildings are often contaminated with bacterial and fungal microflora. Animals living in the buildings, especially their excreta and secretions and their feed, can be a source of microorganisms, including pathogens. Significant microbial contamination occurs in pig houses, poultry houses and cowsheds. The microbes most frequently isolated from the air of these buildings are bacteria of the genera Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Bacillus, and Clostridium and of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Among fungi, the most common are Aspergillus, Trichoderma, Penicillium, Cladosporium and Alternaria. Microbes present in livestock buildings often pose a hazard to workers, in whom they can cause infectious and allergic diseases, especially respiratory disease. Bacterial endotoxins may also pose a threat to humans and animals. For this reason it is important to carry out microbiological monitoring and preventive measures on livestock farms and to maintain appropriate environmental conditions. This will reduce microbiological contamination of livestock buildings and improve both workers’ health and animal welfare.

Microbial contamination of the air in livestock buildings as a threat to human and animal health – a review

Department of Animal Hygiene and Environmental Hazards

Annals of Animal Science

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Livestock buildings are often contaminated with bacterial and fungal microflora. Animals living in the buildings, especially their excreta and secretions and...

Microbial contamination of the air in livestock buildings as a threat to human and animal health – a review

Publicado en línea: 08 may 2021

Páginas: 417 - 431

Recibido: 27 mar 2020

Aceptado: 20 jul 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2020-0080

Palabras clave
livestock housing, bacteria, fungi, endotoxins, human and animal health hazard

© 2020 Anna Chmielowiec-Korzeniowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Microbial contamination of the air in livestock buildings as a threat to human and animal health – a review

Publicado en línea: 08 may 2021

Páginas: 417 - 431

Recibido: 27 mar 2020

Aceptado: 20 jul 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2020-0080

Palabras clavelivestock housing, bacteria, fungi, endotoxins, human and animal health hazard

© 2020 Anna Chmielowiec-Korzeniowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
livestock housing, bacteria, fungi, endotoxins, human and animal health hazard