Sorry, I just can't agree with you that fibre animals do not shed their dead skin cells. If you have skin, scales or feathers you shed your dead outer cells. This, along with some of the natural oil, is the dander. You can be allergic to other animal's hair, although they are all keratin they can all be differentiated by species by science.
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of dianne Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 9:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [fibernet] Angora fiber - felted in storage! Well that all may be so, but the fact of the matter is that fiber animals don't really have what otherwise looks like dander. Angora rabbits have mites not dander and if you across flakey stuff -- you might be inclined to call it dander. But it isn't. One injection of ivomec subsutaneous and you look again and what looked like dander is all gone! And very quickly too -- usually within 24 hrs. There really is no such thing as "dander" (flakey skin ) in fiber animals. ----- Original Message ----- From: Shepherds Spring Farm To: fiber...@yahoogroup <mailto:fibernet%40yahoogroups.com> s.com Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 7:09 AM Subject: RE: [fibernet] Angora fiber - felted in storage! "It is usually the dander (mites when on the animal)" All animals have dander, even people. Mites are a parasite and although they can cause allergies they are not the same as dander. Dander: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin Dander is material shed from the body of various animals, similar to dandruff <http://en.wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandruff> .org/wiki/Dandruff> or pet pollen. It may contain scales of dried skin and hair, or feathers. It is a frequent cause of allergy <http://en.wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allergy> .org/wiki/Allergy> in humans. Etymology: alteration of dandruff: specifically : minute scales from hair, feathers, or skin that may be allergenic [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
