农民肺必须与
silo filler's 病区别开来,是因毒气由发酵的青贮饲料向筒仓空气中释放引起的急性化学性肺炎(图示位于爱丁堡和格拉斯哥之间的农场)。
Farmer's lung must be distinguished from "silo filler's disease" which is an acute chemical pneumonitis due to toxic gases released from fermenting silage into the atmosphere inside the silo (an example of which is seen here on this farm between Edinburgh and Glasgow).