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[Swine breeder's lung--a form of exogenous allergic alveolitis]
V Schlegel1, G Liebetrau, W D Pohl
1Kreispoliklinik, Poliklinische Abteilung für Lungenkrankheiten und Tuberkulose, Hohenmölsen/DDR.
Abstract:
It is reported about two pig-breeders with the typical symptoms of an exogen allergic alveolitis after having worked in a pigsty. The diagnosis "Pig-Breeders'-Lung" was confirmed by the prove of precipitating antibodies against pig-epidermis components (scales) and pig-serum.