title: [The mechanisms of allergic damage to the bronchoalveolar apparatus in poultry plant workers].
abstract: Specific and non-specific mechanisms of defense and damage were studied in 296 poultry breeders, 20 of them were diagnosed the exogenic allergic alveolitis (EAA), the so-called "breeder's lung". The following characters were found: an increase in the blood leucocyte phagocytic activity, non-specific neutrophilic damage values, specific neutrophilic damage and specific lymphocyte damage values, lactate dehydrogenase activity, circulated immune complexes level, immunoglobulins A and M in blood serum in breeders with EAA. Only breeders with service of 1-5 and 11-15 years have shown no changes in non-specific neutrophilic damage values. A decrease in the T-lymphocyte content, theophylline-sensitive and theophylline-stable lymphocyte subpopulations in blood serum of breeders with EAA were observed as well.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Reheda
mesh_terms: D000917:Antibody Formation; D001716:Bird Fancier's Lung / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D008462:Meat-Packing Industry; D011202:Poultry Products; D014455:Ukraine
vernacular_title: Mekhanizmy alerhichnoho poshkodzhennia bronkhoal'veoliarnoho aparatu u pratsivnykiv ptakhofabryky.