Livestock Handling and Zoonoses A PowerPoint Presentation keyed to Chapter 7 of Materials for Teaching Agricultural Safety in the College Classroom by Carol J. Lehtola, PhD, and Charles M. Brown Book and more presentations in this series are available on the National Ag Safety Database, www.nasdonline.org

Objectives To identify and understand concepts of hazards when working with animals Livestock Handling and Zoonoses Slide 7.1

Rabies Lyme disease Trichinosis Ringworm Tuberculosis Brucellosis Examples Rabies Lyme disease Trichinosis Ringworm Tuberculosis Brucellosis Livestock Handling and Zoonoses Slide 7.2

Prevention and Control Use a safe water supply Sanitary waste disposal Assure meat safety Reduce contact with diseased animals Remove ticks Pasteurize milk Livestock Handling and Zoonoses Slide 7.3

Animal Handling Avoid dramatic changes of an animal’s routines Be alert when working with animals Keep groups of animals together for better control Maintain a dominant role Understand maternal instincts Understand territorial protection (especially when feeding) Livestock Handling and Zoonoses Slide 7.4

Problem Areas Delay in getting rescue vehicles to the site Wounds contaminated with fecal organisms Antibiotic-resistant infections may result from the cattle being treated with antibiotics Needlesticks Respiratory problems in confinement systems (hogs, poultry) Livestock Handling and Zoonoses Slide 7.5

Safety Measures Immunizations Leave yourself an escape route when working in close quarters Avoid exciting, teasing, or abusing (it can take 30 seconds to get them riled up and 30 minutes to calm them down) Make animals aware of your approach so you do not startle them Livestock Handling and Zoonoses Slide 7.6

Safety Measures (cont’d) Good housekeeping Keep drugs and chemicals in a secure place and in original containers Keep heaters away from combustible materials Keep pens, gates, and fences in good repair and free from protrusions Genetics; cull ornery animals Livestock Handling and Zoonoses Slide 7.7

Safety Measures in Confinement Systems Respirators Ventilation Dust control Hearing protection Livestock Handling and Zoonoses Slide 7.8

Resources Temple Grandin’s website, including design of facilities (www.grandin.com) NASD, including livestock handling, horses, beef, dairy, swine (http://nasdonline.org/) SART – State Agricultural Response Team (www.flsart.org) FEMA: Animals in Disasters (www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/downloads/is10comp.pdf) Biosecurity for Livestock Producers (https://www.sdstate.edu/vs/extension/biosecurity/upload/02_Biosecurity -Principles-for-Livestock-Producers.pdf) National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety: Agritourism: Health and Safety Guidelines for Children (https://www3.marshfieldclinic.org/proxy///mcrf-centers-nfmc-nccrahs- agritourismhealthandsafetyguidelinesforchildren2011.1.pdf) Livestock Handling and Zoonoses Slide 7.9