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Table 1 Work assignments of cases having regular cattle contact due to work or studies (N = 53) in Finland, July–December 2019

From: Cryptosporidium parvum: an emerging occupational zoonosis in Finland

Work assignments

Cases

% (n/N)

Feeding calves with milk

68 (36/53)

Feeding calves with feed

64 (34/53)

Visiting a pen of calves with diarrhea

53 (28/53)

Emptying the calf pen

53 (28/53)

Treating calves with diarrhea

45 (24/53)

Relocating calves

43 (23/53)

Treating sick calves with diseases other than diarrhea

26 (14/53)

Emptying the calving pen

23 (12/53)

Reparation

21 (11/53)

Emptying the isolation pen

19 (10/53)

Washing the calf pen without a pressure washer

15 (8/53)

Dehorning calves

13 (7/53)

Transporting animals

9 (5/53)

Washing the calf pen with a pressure washer

6 (3/53)