Animal-related activities as risk factors for XXXX among youth on agricultural operations.

@entity1641 @entity291 @entity130
Working with animals on agricultural operations is hazardous for youths. This study evaluated the associations between activities and @entity130 related to specific animal types. A case-control study within the Regional Rural Injury Study II included 425 youths (less than 20 years of age) with @entity130 related to their operation and 1,886 controls (randomly selected youths). Exposures of interest were collected for the months prior to injury events for cases and randomly selected months for controls, based on an injury incidence algorithm. Multivariate logistic regression characterized associations between specific animal-related activities and injury outcomes among youths who reported working with the same animals. Large proportions of cases and controls, respectively, worked with beef @entity291 (47%, 28%), followed by @entity1641 (28%, 14%), and dairy @entity291 (22%, 12%). Feeding was the primary activity associated with animals; over 80% of cases and controls were involved in this activity during relevant exposure months, followed by milking (63%, 44%) among those working with dairy @entity291 and herding (81%, 61%) among beef @entity291 workers. Elevated risk of dairy @entity291 -related injury was associated with milking (odds ratio [OR]: 2.5; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.0-6.6) whereas beef @entity291 -related @entity130 were associated with calving (OR: 4.2; 95% CI: 2.1-8.6) and footwork (OR: 2.2; 95% CI: 1.0-4.9). Among youths working with animals, explicit activities can be identified that are associated with animal-specific @entity130 . The identification of relevant hazardous tasks is necessary for the development of effective prevention measures.
