Human Injuries Associated with the Transport of Horses by Road

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dc.citation.issue10
dc.citation.volume13
dc.contributor.authorRiley CB
dc.contributor.authorPadalino B
dc.contributor.authorRogers CW
dc.contributor.authorThompson KR
dc.contributor.editorArfuso F
dc.coverage.spatialSwitzerland
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-13T02:28:18Z
dc.date.available2024-06-13T02:28:18Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-10
dc.description.abstractThere is an increased understanding of shared human-animal risk in terms of "one welfare", whereby when animals are at risk, so are people, so preventing injury to one species may also prevent injury to the other. Because transport-related injuries to horses are common, the authors considered this paradigm to study road equine transport-related injuries to humans in New Zealand. The aim was to determine their frequency and associated factors by distributing a survey to horse industry participants through industry organisations asking about their horse activities, road transport experiences, and any related self-injury. There were 112/1067 (10.5%) handlers injured while preparing (13/112), loading (39/112), traveling (6/112), or unloading (33/112). Of these, 40% had multiple injury types, and 33% had several body regions affected. Hand injuries were most common (46%), followed by the foot (25%), arm (17%), and head or face (15%). Median recovery time was 7 days. Injuries were associated with the responder's industry educational background, years of driving experience, and reporting a horse injured during road transport in the past two years. Wearing helmets and gloves, and adopting strategies designed to eliminate equine injuries associated with the road transport of horses to reduce the risk of injury to their handlers are recommended.
dc.description.confidentialfalse
dc.edition.editionMay-2 2023
dc.format.pagination1594-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37238024
dc.identifier.citationRiley CB, Padalino B, Rogers CW, Thompson KR. (2023). Human Injuries Associated with the Transport of Horses by Road.. Animals (Basel). 13. 10. (pp. 1594-).
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ani13101594
dc.identifier.eissn2076-2615
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2076-2615
dc.identifier.number1594
dc.identifier.piiani13101594
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/69835
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/10/1594
dc.relation.isPartOfAnimals (Basel)
dc.rights(c) 2023 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectequine
dc.subjecthorse
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectinjury
dc.subjectone welfare
dc.subjectrisk
dc.subjectroad
dc.subjecttransport
dc.subjecttransportation
dc.titleHuman Injuries Associated with the Transport of Horses by Road
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id461881
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