Respiratory problems from lanoline

Ian Coutts has a farmer who sprays cows udders with a lanoline mixture before milking. Has anybody seen any respiratory problems with lanoline?

Occupational Asthma, Specialist, 2/20/2006, 2/20/2006,

I have no record of lanoline causing occupational asthma. There is a literature on sheeps wool carders and spinners, but nothing on lanoline. I wonder whether the spray contains a biocide, which I think is a more likely cause of the problem.

2/20/2006

Organophosphates are designed to penetrate to the fat of sheep, which is the lanolin. Could the OP's in the lanolin be the cause of the asthma?

2/20/2006

I wonder whether there is a biocide in the spray. Many are causes of occupational asthma including formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, isothiozolinones, benzalkonium chloride, chlorhexidine, chloramin-T and chlorine-nitrogen componds such as nitrogen trichloride. Benzalkonium chloride (quaternary ammonium compounds) are thought to contribute to respiratory problems in pig sheds (swine confinement houses)

2/20/2006