ArticleThe Journal of nutrition2016
Relations between Household Livestock Ownership, Livestock Disease, and Young Child Growth.
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- A Review of Antimicrobial Resistance in Poultry Farming within Low-Resource Settings.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Review
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- Livestock ownership is associated with higher odds of anaemia among preschool-aged children, but not women of reproductive age in Ghana.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Observational
- Predictors of poor nutritional status among children aged 6-24 months in agricultural regions of Mali: a cross-sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2018Article
- Examining the association between livestock ownership typologies and child nutrition in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia.PloS one · 2018Article
- Animal pathogens and their impact on animal health, the economy, food security, food safety and public health.Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics) · 2017Article
- Is Exposure to Animal Feces Harmful to Child Nutrition and Health Outcomes? A Multicountry Observational Analysis.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn resource-limited settings in which child malnutrition is prevalent, humans live in close proximity to household livestock. However, the relation between household livestock and child nutrition represents a considerable knowledge gap.
objectiveWe assessed whether household livestock ownership or livestock disease episodes were associated with growth in young children in western Kenya.
methodsWe incorporated monthly anthropometric measurements for children <5 y of age into an ongoing linked human and animal surveillance cohort in rural western Kenya. Using linear mixed models adjusted for age, sex, and household wealth, we tested whether baseline household livestock ownership was related to baseline child height for age or prospective growth rate. We also evaluated whether livestock disease episodes were associated with child growth rate over 11 mo of follow-up.
resultsWe collected data on 925 children over the course of follow-up. Greater household livestock ownership at baseline was not related to baseline child height-for-age z score (adjusted β: 0.01 SD; 95% CI: -0.02, 0.04 SD) or child growth rate (adjusted β: 0.02 cm/y; 95% CI: -0.03, 0.07 cm/y). Livestock disease episodes were not significantly associated with child growth across the entire cohort (adjusted β: -0.007 cm/mo; 95% CI: -0.02, 0.006 cm/mo). However, children in households with livestock digestive disease between June and November gained less height than did children in households that did not report livestock disease (β: -0.063 cm/mo; 95% CI: -0.112, -0.016 cm/mo). Children <2 y of age in households with livestock digestive disease gained less weight than did those who did not report disease (β: -0.033 kg/mo; 95% CI: -0.063, -0.003 kg/mo).
conclusionIn this cohort of young children in western Kenya, we did not find an association between ownership of livestock and child growth status. However, disease episodes in household livestock may be related to a lower child growth rate in some groups.
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