Health Hazards Affecting the Animal Confinement Farm Worker

AAOHN Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 198-204

  Olson, Debra K ^a   Bark, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Midwest Center for School Mental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARING LOSS; INTOXICATION; NOISE POLLUTION; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; POULTRY; SWINE;

EID: 0029874777     PISSN: 08910162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/216507999604400408     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Benenson, A.S. (1990). Control of communicable diseases in man. (15th ed.) Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
2. Berg, R., & Halverson, D. (1985). Turkey management guide. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Turkey Growers Association.
3. Boyer, R.S., Klock, L.E., Schmidt, C.D., Hyland, L., Maxwell, K., Gardner, R.M., & Renzetti, A.D. Jr. (1974). Hypersensitivity lung disease in the turkey raising industry. American Review of Respiratory Diseases, 109, 630-635.
4. Connon, C.L., Freund, E., & Ehlers, J.K. (1993). The occupational health nurses in agricultural communities program: Identifying and preventing agriculturally related illnesses and injuries. AAOHN Journal, 41(9), 422-428.
5. Cordes, D.H., & Rea, D.F. (1991). Farming: A hazardous occupation. Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews, 6(3), 327-334.
6. Crapo, R.O. (1989). In J. Dosman & D. Cockcroft, Eds. Principles of health and safety in agriculture. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Inc.
7. Donham, K. (1990a). Health effects from work in swine confinement buildings. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 17, 17-25.
8. Donham, K., Haglind, P., Peterson, Y., Rylander, R., & Berlin, L. (1989). Environmental health studies of farm workers in Swedish confinement buidlings. British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 46, 31-37.
9. Donham, K., Merchant, J., Lassise, D., Popendorf, W., & Burmeister, L. (1990b). Preventing respiratory disease in swine confinement workers: Intervention through applied epidemiology, education, and consultation. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 18, 241-261.
10. Donham, K., Zavala, D., & Merchant, J. (1984a). Acute effects of the work environment on pulmonary functions of swine confinement workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 5, 367-375.
11. Donham, K., Zavala, D., and Merchant, J. (1984b). Respiratory symptoms and lung function among workers in swine confinement buildings: A cross sectional epidemiological study. Archives of Environmental Health, 39, 96-100.
12. Donham, K.J., Rubino, M., Thedell, T.D., & Kammermeyer, J. (1977). Potential health hazards to agricultural workers in swine confinement buildings. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 19, 383-387.
13. Dutkiewicz, J. (1978). Exposure to dust-borne bacteria in agriculture. I. Environmental studies. Archives of Environmental Health, 33, 250.
14. Ehlers, J.K., Connon, C, Themann, C.L., Myers, J.R., & Ballard, T. (1993). Health and safety hazards associated with farming. AAOHN Journal, 41(9), 414-421.
15. Fone, D.L., & Barker, R.M. (1994). Association between human and farm animal infections with Salmonella typhimurium DT104 in Herefordshire. Communicable Disease Report Weekly, 4(11), R136-140.
16. Goldsmith, M.F. (1989). As farmworkers help keep America healthy, illness may be their harvest. JAMA, 261(22), 3207-3213.
17. Gjerde, C., Ferguson, K., Mutel, C., Donham, K., & Merchant, J. (1991). Results of an educational intervention to improve the health knowledge, attitudes and self reported behaviors of swine confinement workers. Journal of Rural Health, 7(3), 279-284.
18. Hedberg, K., White, K.E., Forfang, J.C., Korlath, J.A., Friendshuh, K.A.J., Hedberg, C.W., MacDonald, K.L., & Osterholm, M.T. (1989). An outbreak of psittacosis in Minnesota turkey industry workers: Implications for modes of transmission and control. American Journal of Epidemiology, 130(3), 569-577.
19. Hinton, D.G., Shipley, A., Galvin, J.W., Harkin, J.T., & Brunton, R.A. (1993). Chlamydiosis in workers at a duck farm and processing plant. Australian Veterinary Journal, 70(5), 174-176.
20. Holness, D.L. O'Blenis, E.L., Sass-Kortsak, A., Pilger, C., Nethercott, J. (1987). Respiratory effects and dust exposures in hog confinement farming. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 11, 571-580.
21. Husman, K., Koskenvuo, J., Kaprio, I.O., Terho, & Vohlonen, I. (1987). Role of the environment in the development of chronic bronchitis. European Journal of Respiratory Disease, 752(Suppl), 57-63.
22. Jones, W., Morring, K., Olenchock, S.A., Williams, T., & Hickey, J. (1984). Enviromntal study of poultry confinement buildings. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 45, 760.
23. Kotova, A.L., Kondratskaya, S.A., & Yasutis, I.M., (1988). Salmonella carrier state and biological characteristics of the infectious agent. Journal of Hygiene, Epidemiology. Microbiology and Immunology, 32(1), 71-78.
24. Kristensen, S., & Gimsing, S. (1988). Occupational hearing impairment in pig breeders. Scandinavian Journal ofAudiology, 17, 191-192.
25. Kuritsky, J.M., Schmid, G.P., Potter, M.E., Anderson, D.C., & Kaufmann, A.F. (1984). Psittacosis, a diagnostic challenge. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 26(10), 731-733.
26. Leistikow, B., Pettit, W., Donham, K., Merchant, J., & Popendorf, W. (1989). In J. Dosman & D. Cockcroft, Eds. Principles of health and safety in agriculture. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Inc.
27. Lenhart, S.W., & Olenchock, S.A. (1984). Sources of respiratory insult in the poultry processing industry. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 6(2), 89-96.
28. Manninen, A.. Lamgas. J., Linnainmaa, M., & Savolainen. (1989). Ammonia in Finnish poultry houses: Effects of litter on ammonia levels and their reduction by technical binding agents. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 50, 210-215.
29. Morris, P.D., Lenhart, S.W., & Service, W.S. (1991). Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function in chicken catchers in poultry confinement units. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 19, 195-204.
30. Mulhausen, J.R., McJilton, C.E., Redig, P.T., & Janni, K.A. (1987). Aspergillus and other human respiratory disease agents in turkey confinement houses. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 48(11), 894-899.
31. National Pork Producers Council. (1992). Swine care handbook. Washington, DC: National Pork Producers Council in Cooperation with the National Pork Board.
32. Ojeniyi, A.A. (1989). Direct transmission of Escherichia cold from poultry to humans. Epidemiology & Infection, 105(3), 513-522.
33. Olenchock, S.A., May, J.J., Pratt, D.S., Piacitelli, L.A., & Parker, J.E. (1990). Presence of endotoxins in different agricultural environments. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 18(3), 279-284.
34. Pedersen, B., Iversen, M., & Dahl, R. (1990). Bronchoalveolar ravage of pig farmers. American Journal of Industrial Hygiene, (17), 118-119.
35. Pratt, D.S. (1990). Occupational health and the rural worker: Agriculture, mining and logging. Journal of Rural Health, 6, 399- 414.
36. Reynolds, S.J., Parker, D., Smoth, D., & Woellner, R. (1993). Cross- sectional epidemiological study of respiratory disease in turkey farmers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 24, 713-722.
37. Rylander, R., & Lundholm, M. (1978). Bacterial contamination of cotton and cotton dust and effects on the lung. British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 35, 204-207.
38. Schwartz, D., Landas, S., Lassise, D., Burmeister, L., Hunninghake, G., and Merchant,. J. (1992). Airway injury in swine confinement workers. Annals of Internal Medicine, 116, 630-635.
39. Thelin, A, Tegler, O, & Rylander, R. (1984). Lung reactions during poultry handling related to dust and bacterial endotoxin levels. European Journal of Respiratory Diseases, 65(4), 266-271.
40. Tudor, A., Racoveanu, D., Gheorghiu, M., Georgescu, M., & Pecec, C. (1985). Study of respiratory and immunologic changes in the workers of a poultry farm. Medecine Interne, 23(2), 129-134.
41. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (1990). Handbook of labor statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
42. U.S. Census Bureau. (1992). County business pattern. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
43. U.S. Census of Agriculture. (1992). Vol 1. Geographic area series. Part 51. US summary and state data. Washington, DC: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
44. Vohlonen, K., Tupi, E.O., Terho, & Husman, K. (1987). Prevalence and incidence of chronic bronchitis and farmers lung with respect to socioeconomic factors. European Journal of Respiratory Disease, 29(Suppl), 29-36.
45. Watson, R. (1986). Prevention of dust exposure. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 10, 299.
46. Zejda, J., Barber, E., Dosman, J., Olenchock, S., McDuffie, H., Rhodes, C., & Hurst, T. (1994). Respiratory health status in swine producers relates to endotoxin exposure in the presence of low dust levels. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 36, 49-56.
47. Zejda, J., Hurst, T., Barber, E., Rhodes, E., & Dosman, J. (1993a). Respiratory health status in swine producers using respiratory protective devices. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 23, 743-750.
48. Zejda, J., Hurst, S., Rhodes, C., Barber, E., McDuffie, H., & Dosman, J. (1993b). Respiratory health of swine producers. Chest, 103, 702- 709.
49. Zhou, C., Hurst, T., Cockcroft, D., & Dosman, J. (1991). Swine farmers. Chest, 99, 941-944.