Livestock-Handling Related Injuries and Deaths

Doğan, Kamil Hakan; Demirci, Şerafettin

doi:10.5772/50834

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“…No difference in behavior and temperament assessment was detected at the beginning of the experiment among treatments. These results suggest that tactile stimulation is an alternative to facilitate handling and improve animal behavior, which might be linked to a decreased fear of human or facilities as other studies suggest [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 15 , 41 ]…”

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“…Livestock involves a large variety of activities such as feeding, reallocation of animals (by moving from field to field or by loading animals on trucks/trailers), artificial insemination, roof care, dehorning, roping animals, medicating, surgery procedures, ear tagging, milking, birth assistance and others [ 41 ] which are often taught in education institutions such as animal science or veterinary courses. These HALTER and PULL_N results highlight the importance of habituating animals in educational institutions herd used in skill practice activities.…”

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Habituation Protocols Improve Behavioral and Physiological Responses of Beef Cattle Exposed to Students in an Animal Handling Class

Ujita

Seekford

Kott

et al. 2021

Animals

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Our objective was to determine the impact of different habituation protocols on beef cattle behavior, physiology, and temperament in response to human handling. Beef heifers were exposed to three habituation strategies: (1) tactile stimulation (brushing) in the working chute for seven consecutive days (STI; n = 18); (2) passage through the working chute for seven consecutive days (CHU; n = 19) and; (3) no habituation (CON; n = 19). Individual heifer respiratory rate (RR; n/min), internal vaginal temperature (VAGT; °C), and blood cortisol were measured. Further, behavior parameters were observed to generate a behavior score, and heifer interaction with students and their behavioral responses were recorded. Habituation with STI and CHU resulted in improved numerical behavioral scores compared to CON, and greater (p ≤ 0.05) handling latencies. Vaginal temperature was decreased in STI compared to CHU and CONT (p ≤ 0.05). Cortisol concentration did not differ among treatments, but decreased (p ≤ 0.05) from the start of the experiment to 14 days after treatment initiation. Both habituation protocols showed benefits, but heifers that received the positive tactile stimulation in the chute had the greatest behavior improvements. Furthermore, these heifers responded more calmly during student-animal interactions in class, which is beneficial for the students’ and animals’ safety.

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Habituation Protocols Improve Behavioral and Physiological Responses of Beef Cattle Exposed to Students in an Animal Handling Class

Ujita

Seekford

Kott

et al. 2021

Animals

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“…WHO reports highest occurrence (76% to 94%) of dog bites is in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and Bangladesh is ranked third among countries where rabies is endemical. Playing, feeding and provoked activities are recognised as common prior activities in this study and related results were found in other studies 1 25 29…”

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“…Rice, jute and tea are common agricultural produce in rural Bangladesh and attract rodents, which are prey for snakes and other non-domesticated animals 7 18–21. During farming, animal-related injury is a major occupational injury in the USA and other high-income countries and lack of knowledge has been identified as one of the key reasons 22–25. Severe injuries and even deaths may occur from large animals, such as horses, bulls and swine.…”

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Animal-related injuries and fatalities: evidence from a large-scale population-based cross-sectional survey in rural Bangladesh

Bhuiyan¹,

Agrawal

Wadhwaniya

et al. 2019

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ObjectiveThis study determines the magnitude and pattern of animal-related injury mortalities and morbidities in rural Bangladesh.Design and settingA cross-sectional survey was conducted in 51 Unions of 7 subdistricts of Bangladesh from June 2013 to September 2013.ParticipantsA total of approximately 1.17 million individuals across all age and gender profiles were included in the survey. The participants had to be residents of the seven subdistricts and have provided consent to participate in the study.Primary and secondary outcome measuresAnimal-related injury characteristics and demographic information was collected in the study. Frequency, proportion and 95% CIs of variables such as type of animal, type of animal attack, activity of the person prior to attack and the seasonality of the injury were reported. Data was then statistically analysed for associations between injury and sociodemographic characteristics.ResultsThe incidence rate of fatal and non-fatal animal-related injuries across all ages were 0.7 (95% CI 0.4 to 1.4) and 1635.3 (95% CI 1612.0 to 1658.0) per 100 000 populations, respectively. Non-fatal animal-related injury rates were highest among adults 18 years and older (1820.6 per 100 000 population (1777.2 to 1865.1)), and in males across all age groups. The most common animal injury was wasp/hornet/bee sting (49%), followed by cow/buffalo (25%), dog bite (9%) and snake bites (9%).ConclusionsAnimal-related injuries are an important public health issue in rural Bangladesh. The incidence of animal-related morbidities was found high in the study area. Males, school-going and productive age groups were at high risk. Immediate attention should be given to prevent these events.

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