Yukiko Nishihama, Shoji F Nakayama, Tomohiko Isobe, Michihiro Kamijima
Association between maternal urinary neonicotinoid concentrations and child development in the Japan Environment and Children's Study
Environment international
livestock cause many fatal nonfatal agricultural accidents crucial understand farmers perceive manage different risks associated livestock handling devise better solutions accident reduction current study investigated farmers perception management four types livestock handling risks related self animal environment equipment additionally farmers agricultural stakeholders perspectives comparedtwo samples comprising 56 farmers 55 stakeholders uk ireland completed online study participants presented eight short livestock handling vignettes two per risk type asked decide whether would proceed task report reasoning detail risk management strategies likertscale responses across scenarios compared thematic analysis used identify qualitative data patternsstress fatigue perceived low risk samples based quantitative qualitative results thematic analysis revealed risk evaluated terms broader aspects including animal welfare duty participants reported use cognitive nontechnical skills mitigating risks associated handling livestock aloneby changing safety messages capture farmer priorities agricultural organisations could encourage risk avoidance especially situations involving stress fatigue furthermore cognitive nontechnical skills identified could trained within existing courses farmers