PROCEEDINGS: 1989 BELTWIDE COTTON DUST CONFERENCE
Jan. 3-6, Nashville, TN
Editors
C. Paul Dugger & Debbie A. Richter

TABLE OF CONTENTS



THIRTEENTH COTTON DUST RESEARCH CONFERENCE

The History of Byssinosis
G.B. Rooke
3
The Unusual 1984 Cotton Crop
Janet J. Fischer, Pamela Fisher, and John D. Neefus
8
A Background Comparison Profile Identifying Gram-Negative Bacteria on Commercial Cotton Fiber from the Texas-Oklahoma and Western U.S. Cotton-Growing Regions in the Crop of 1987
M.E. Simpson, E.A. Choper, T.J. Prickett, P.B. Marsh, and D.D. Kaufman
10
The Association of Enterobacter Agglomerans and Pseudomonas Syringae with Cotton Lint
Janet J. Fischer and Karin Foarde
13
Viable Counts and Distribution of Bacterial Flora on Cotton Plant Parts
O.O. Akinwunmi, J.A. Templer, and C.E. Heintz
19
Can the Microbial Flora of Cotton Lint in the Field Be Influenced by a Change in the Environment?
J.J. Fischer, K. Foarde, and C. Heintz
24
Effects of Plant Genotype on Bacterial Populations of Raw Cotton Fiber
A.A. Bell, G.W. Tribble and M.H. Elissalde
27
Viable Counts of Bacteria on Cotton Grown in Lubbock, Texas in 1987
C.E. Heintz, J.J. Fischer and A.D. Brashears
28
Endotoxin on Cottons and Bracts from Four Areas Throughout the 1987 Growing
Janet J. Fischer, Karin Foarde, and Robert R. Jacobs
31
Airborne Bacterial Levels of Card Generated Dust from Cottons Grown in Different Locations and Seasons
David T.W. Chun
34
Effects of Growing Location and Weathering on Organic Acids, Sugars, and Sugar Alcohols on Cotton Fibers
L.N. Domelsmith
37
Condensed Tannins and Primary Amines in Lint from 1986 and 1987 Microbiological Field Studies
M.A. Rousselle
44
Studies on Endotoxin and b-1,3 Glucan in Cotton Dust
Ragnar Rylander, Rikard Bergstrom, Hajime Goto, Kazumi Yuasa, and Shigenori Tanaka
46
Batch Washed Cotton
Ralph J. Berni, Linda N. Domelsmith, and Henry H. Perkins, Jr.
48
Lower Normal Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Serumconcentrations Associated with Byssinosis
T. Sigsgaard, J.B. Rasmussen, and I. Brandslund
51
The Effect of Drug Intervention on the Acute Airway Response to Inhaled Cotton Dust Extract in Man
M. Bevan, M. McDermott, P.J. Nicholls and J.H. Edwards
53
Bronchial Reactivity among Cotton Workers in Relation to Dust and Endotoxin Exposure
Ragnar Rylander and Rikard Bergstrom
63
Do Cotton Dust Extract and Cotton Dust Polymer Have a Potential for Active Toxicity: Experiences Based in Animals and Man
S. Al-Dhahir, P.J. Nicholls and T.S. Al-Zubaidy
65
Non-Specific Bronchial Responsiveness Is Unaltered Ten Minutes after Inhalation of Cotton Bract Extract
T.J. Witek Jr., E.N. Schachter, J. Russarnano, J. Siegel, E. Zuskin, G.J. Beck, M.G. Buck
77
Tannin Mediates the Secretion of Neutrophil Chemotactic Factor from Alveolar Macrophages in Rabbits and Humans
U. Specks, T.J. Kreofsky, A.H. Limper, W.M. Brutinel, and M.S. Rohrbach
79
Pulmonary Epithelium as a Source of Neutrophil Chemotactic Factors (NCF): Tannin-Mediated Ncf Secretion from A549 Cells.
Andre DeLorme, Teresa Kreofsky and Michael S. Rohrbach
82
The Effect of Tannin on Hydrogen Peroxide Production by Neutrophils and Alveolar Macrophages
Zvezdana Vuk-Pavlovic' and Michael S. Rohrbach
85
Preparation of Chemically Treated Tannin-Coated Cellulose Powder
M.A. Rousselle and L.N. Domelsmith
89
Response of Guinea Pigs to Solvent-Extracted Cotton Dust
David Griffiths-Johnson, Kathryn Spear and Meryl Karol
94
Effects of Chemical Treatments on a Preparation of Enterobacter agglomerans
L.N. Domelsmith and J.J. Fischer
97
Pulmonary Response of Guinea Pigs to a Chemically-Treated Crude Preparation of E. agglomerans Cells
David Griffiths-Johnson, Lisa K. Ryan, Kathryn Spear and Meryl H. Karol
101
Detoxification of Endotoxins on Cotton Lint. Preliminary Experiments with Gas Phase
William E. Franklin
105
Detoxification of Endotoxins on Cotton Lint. Preliminary Experiments with Gas Phase Thermal Treatments
William E. Franklin
105
Immunoassays for Lipid A: Application and Adaptations to Lipopolysaccharides in Cotton Dust
P.D. Millner
109
The Identification Op Extracellular Endotoxin Molecules by Immunoelectron Microscopy
Jacek Dutkiewicz, James Tucker, Karen Woodfork, and Robert Burrell
111
The Role of Platelet-Activating Factor in the Lung's Response to Inhaled Bacterial Endotoxin (LPS)
R. Clark Lantz, George E. Keller, and Robert Burrell
115
Comparative Changes in Pulmonary Toxicity and Microbiologic Activity of Cotton Dust During Five Years of Storage
Meryl H. Karol, Kathryn Spear, and David Griffiths-Johnson, and Janet J. Fischer
118
Acute Respiratory Response of Guinea Pigs to Monophosphoryl and Diphosphoryl Lipid a from the Salmonella minnesota RE595 Mutant
Lisa K. Ryan and Meryl H. Karol
121
Pulmonary Responses of Guinea Pigs to Inhalation of Cotton Dust: Actions of Tetrandrine
V. Castranova, T. Jones, A. Giza, C. Li, Y. Li, and D. Frazer
125
Comparisons of Breathing Rate, Cellular Response, Airway Obstruction (Determined by Postmortem Pulmonary Hyperinflation) and the Wet/Dry Weight Ratios of Guinea Pigs Exposed to Cotton Dust Aerosol
D.G. Frazer, V.A. Robinson, D.S. DeLong, V. Castranova, T.A. Jones, and E.L. Petsonk
129
Acute Pulmonary Toxicity of Guinea Pigs to Cotton Dust DB 1-88
K. Spear, D. Griffiths-Johnson, M.H. Karol and J.J. Fischer
134
The Action of Various Pharmacological Antagonists upon the Response of the Isolated Perfused Lung of the Guinea Pig to Aqueous Extracts of Cotton Dust and Bract
A. Al-Zohyri and P.J. Nicholls
139
Acute Toxicity of Inhaled b 1-3 Glucan and Endotoxin
Ragnar Rylander, Hajime Goto, and Brigitte Marchat
145
Antibodies to Bacillus species in Sera of Danish Cotton Workers
A.F. Tuxford, B. Hoult, and T. Sigsgaard
147
What Is Byssinosis and What Research Remains to Be Done?
Robert R. Jacobs
149
Research on Byssinosis: Where Do We Go from Here?
Michael S. Rohrbach
151
What Is Byssinosis? What Research Remains to Be Done?
Meryl H. Karol
152
What Is Byssinosis and What Research Needs to Be Done?
R. Rylander
155
What Is Byssinosis and What Research Remains to Be Done?
C.A.C. Pickering
156
What Is Byssinosis and What Research Needs to Be Done?
P.C. Elwood
157

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