Abstract

The exposure of workers in pig-housing facilities to bioaerosols should be relatively constant. Very few of these contaminants are found in the air of neighboring regions, and airborne gases would be solely responsible for the odors that are a nuisance for neighboring populations. The scientists will study the adaptation of pig-housing-facility workers to their environment, will exhaustively characterize the bioaerosols contained in these environments, and will examine the effect of the presence of these establishments on the microbiological quality of the surrounding air. This study will provide a better understanding of the aspects that determine the workers’ respiratory adaptation, the nature and effect of the contaminants of these facilities on health, and their dispersion in the ambient atmosphere. This knowledge can then be extrapolated to other types of breeding or production.