The effect of the multiyear agricultural use of animal husbandry wastes on the infectious morbidity of the local population

• Published in: Likars'ka sprava no. 3-4; p. 127
• Main Authors: Prokopov, V A, Tarabarova, S B, Dan'ko, O P, Kikot', V I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Ukraine 01.03.1995
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Agriculture - statistics & numerical data; Animal Husbandry - statistics & numerical data; Animals; Communicable Diseases - epidemiology; Communicable Diseases - etiology; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Intestinal Diseases - epidemiology; Intestinal Diseases - etiology; Morbidity - trends; Time Factors; Ukraine - epidemiology; Waste Products - adverse effects; Waste Products - statistics & numerical data; Ukraine
• ISSN: 1019-5297

The report presents results of study of relationship between the longterm practice of utilization of waste matter from livestock industry (solid, liquid portions of manure, redundant active silt) in the crop-growing of the steppe, forest-steppe zones as well as of those of woodlands in Ukraine, on the incidence of acute infective diseases of the intestine in the community. The soil of farm lands was found out to be affected by an extensive bacterial contamination due to the above wastes being utilized on a wide scale. The degrees of risk of acute intestinal infection morbility in population areas located in those zones having utilization fields, are significantly higher than beyond their bounderies. Significant direct relationship between the size of the utilization fields and the incidence of acute intestinal infection in the community was established.