Pigeon Breeder's Disease: A Case Report with Electron Microscope Findings


D. B. von Bassewitz, E. Fasske, W. Bouche
NIOSH Education and Information Division

AUTHOR ABSTRACT

A case of the acute form of pigeon breeder's disease is presented. Electron microscope studies show the histomorphological substrate of the foreign-body reaction and the immunological cell response caused by the inhaled pigeon material.

JOURNAL AND NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#

JOURNAL: Pneumonologie. 1974; 150(1): 49-59.

Note: Pneumonologie.

NLOM ID#: 74273307

This document was extracted from the CDC-NIOSH Epidemiology of Farm Related Injuries: Bibliography With Abstracts, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

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