Abstract
Animal Injury, Zoonotic Disease, and Other Occupational Hazards of Rural Livestock Keepers in Uganda
Highlights
Worldwide, 70% of rural poor rely on livestock for income, nutrition, and draught power
Most respondents contact animal feces “often”, and contact urine and blood “sometimes.” Twelve percent report a needlestick injury while treating an animal, and 45% report at least one animal injury
No significant association was found between risk factors studied and injury, after adjustment for confounders
Summary
70% of rural poor rely on livestock for income, nutrition, and draught power. We conducted a survey in Moyo District, Uganda, to describe occupational practices and hazards of agropastoralist livestock keepers. Logistic regression was used to generate odds ratios and Wald-type 95% confidence intervals for risk factors for injury, defined as any animal-related injury in the household within the past year.
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