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Neurologic Symptoms Associated With Cattle Farming in the Agricultural Health Study
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10 2012
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Source: J Occup Environ Med. 2012; 54(10):1253-1258
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Alternative Title:J Occup Environ Med
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Description:Objective
Infection with Campylobacter jejuni, a bacterium carried by poultry and livestock, is the most frequently identified antecedent to the autoimmune neurologic condition Guillain-Barré Syndrome. We used Agricultural Health Study data to assess whether cattle farming was associated with prevalence of neurologic symptoms.
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Prevalence of self-reported symptoms in cattle farmers (n = 8878) was compared with farmers who did not work with animals (n = 7462), using multivariate regression.
Results
Prevalence of numbness and weakness were increased for beef and dairy farmers compared with the reference group (P < 0.0001). Of cattle farmers, 48% did not report raising other animal species, and prevalence of numbness and weakness were also increased in this subgroup compared with the reference group (P < 0.02).
Conclusions
Occupational exposure to cattle was associated with increased prevalence of self-reported symptoms associated with peripheral neuropathy.
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Pubmed ID:22975665
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC3671876
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