Harvester's Lung

Farmer'S Lung; A type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust, characterized by breathlessness with cyanosis or with a dry cough, anorexia, and weight loss It is most often associated with inhalation of spores of Micropolyspora faeni or Thermoactinomyces vulgaris Called also thresher's lung and harvester's lung

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