Injury from Dairy Cattle Activities

Animals have been implicated as an important source of injury for farm household members. Little is known, however, about the specific activities associated with the animal/livestock operations that place a person at increased or decreased risk for injuries. The primary aim of this case-control stud...

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Published in:Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 1997-01, Vol.8 (1), p.37-41
Main Authors: Boyle, Debora, Gerberich, Susan G., Gibson, Robert W., Maldonado, George, Robinson, R. Ashley, Martin, Frank, Renier, Colleen, Amandus, Harlan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Agricultural Workers' Diseases - epidemiology
Agriculture
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Calving
Case control studies
Cattle
Child
Child, Preschool
Cleaning
Dairy cattle
Epidemiology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Logistic Models
Male
Medical sciences
Medications
Middle Aged
Milking
Miscellaneous
Physical trauma
Public health
Risk Factors
Sampling Studies
Sex Distribution
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - etiology
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Summary:Animals have been implicated as an important source of injury for farm household members. Little is known, however, about the specific activities associated with the animal/livestock operations that place a person at increased or decreased risk for injuries. The primary aim of this case-control study was to identify which dairy cattle operation activities (that is, milking, feeding, cleaning barns, trimming and treating feet, dehorning, assisting with difficult calvings, and doing treatments) were associated with an increased or decreased risk of injury. We found milking to have the greatest increase in risk for injury. The ratios for increasing hours per week spent at milking (0, 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-63) were 1.0, 2.3, 5.5, 10.9, and 20.6, respectively. We also found an increased rate ratio associated with trimming or treating hooves (rate ratio = 4.2).
ISSN:1044-3983
1531-5487
DOI:10.1097/00001648-199701000-00006