"Farmer's Lung" is due to inhalation of -: (A) Cotton fiber, (B) Sugarcane fiber, (C) Hay dust, (D) Coal dust
Answer is C. - farmers lungs is due to the inhalation of mouldy or hay dust. - micropolyspora faeni is the main cause of farmer's lung. - repeated attacks cause pulmonary fibrosis, inevitable pulmonary damage and cor pulmonale. Reference: Park's textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, pg no:807 <\p>