Potential occupational health hazards of livestock producers working in animal confinement units.

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• Personal Author:
  Diesch SL
• Description:
  Livestock housing facilities which are confined or semi-confined units where animals are reared on slotted floors over manure pits or on an accumulation of manure may present health hazards to workers. The concentration of animals and manure results in potentially excessive direct human contact with pathogenic microorganisms and the release of harmful gases from the slurry within the confinement unit. Ammonia (7664417), carbon-dioxide (124389), hydrogen-sulfide (7783064), and methane (74828) are found in the air in animal confinement units at high levels, and chronic and acute poisonings have occurred in lifestock. Leptospires and salmonella may be transmitted by airborne methods, and infected animals may shed the pathogens for weeks or months. Leptospires may survive for 138 days at summer temperatures in aerated beef cattle manure slurry and salmonella for 47 days at winter temperatures. (Contract No. 099-74-0098) [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Animal Husbandry Animals Communicable Diseases Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Animal-husbandry Contract-099-74-0098 Infectious-diseases NIOSH-Contract Toxic-gases Zoonoses
• Publisher:
  Society for Occupational and Environmental Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  141-152
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00070040
• Citation:
  Conference on agricultural health and safety, proceedings of a symposium, September 4-5, 1974, Iowa City, Iowa. Berry CM, Beard R, Finklea J, Lloyd W, eds. New York: Society for Occupational and Environmental Health, 1975 Jul; :141-152
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ammonia (CAS RN 7664-41-7) ; Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9) ; Hydrogen sulfide (CAS RN 7783-06-4) ; Methane (CAS RN 74-82-8)
• Editor(s):
  Berry CM; Beard R; Finklea J; Lloyd W
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Conference on agricultural health and safety, proceedings of a symposium, September 4-5, 1974, Iowa City, Iowa
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184158/cdc_184158_DS1.pdf
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