Horse allergen sensitivity and respiratory symptoms among horse farm workers

Confinement units are commonly used all over the world to raise pigs. Despite their economic advantages, their microenvironment causes severe adverse effects on the health of farm workers. Respiratory complaints which have been associated with the exposure effects of organic dust and confinement gases on humans who have long-term employment into these settings, are reviewed. These include pulmonary function changes, airways imfiammation, mucosa irritation syndrome and organic dust toxic syndrome. Furthermore, the most important zoonoses which may provoke respiratory symptoms to the swine confinement workers are briefly reviewed. It is believed that these conditions can be prevented by improving air quality, husbandry systems and adopting hygiene measures.

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Poor safety climate, long work hours, and musculoskeletal discomfort among Latino horse farm workers

Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health ◽

10.1080/19338244.2016.1216387 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 72 (5) ◽

pp. 264-271 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Jennifer Swanberg ◽

Jessica Miller Clouser ◽

Wenqi Gan ◽

John C. Flunker ◽

Susan Westneat ◽

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Keyword(s):

Safety Climate ◽

Work Hours ◽

Farm Workers ◽

Musculoskeletal Discomfort ◽

Long Work Hours ◽

Horse Farm

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Using community-based participatory research to prevent occupational musculoskeletal disorders among California farm workers

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e577572014-285 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Julia Faucett

Keyword(s):

Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽

Participatory Research ◽

Community Based Participatory Research ◽

Farm Workers ◽

Community Based

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Migration and US agricultural competitiveness

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v10i2.141 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 159-179 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Philip L. Martin

Keyword(s):

Farm Workers ◽

Easy Access ◽

Foreign Born ◽

Guest Workers ◽

Long Run ◽

Short Run ◽

Lower Wage ◽

The Government ◽

The One

Agriculture has one of the highest shares of foreign-born and unauthorized workers among US industries; over three-fourths of hired farm workers were born abroad, usually in Mexico, and over half of all farm workers are unauthorized. Farm employers are among the few to openly acknowledge their dependence on migrant and unauthorized workers, and they oppose efforts to reduce unauthorized migration unless the government legalizes currently illegal farm workers or provides easy access to legal guest workers. The effects of migrants on agricultural competitiveness are mixed. On the one hand, wages held down by migrants keep labour-intensive commodities competitive in the short run, but the fact that most labour-intensive commodities are shipped long distances means that long-run US competitiveness may be eroded as US farmers have fewer incentives to develop labour-saving and productivity-improving methods of farming and production in lower-wage countries expands.

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