Reference Title Type of risk Jeyaretnam and Jones [2] Physical, chemical and biological hazards in veterinary practice. Injuries Nienhaus et al.[5] Work-related accidents and occupational diseases in veterinarians and their staff. Injuries Lucaset al. [6] Significant injuries in Australian veterinarians and use of safety precautions. Injuries Lucas et al.[7] Injuries to Australian veterinarians working with horses. Injuries N/A [8] Survey reveals high risk of injury to equine veterinarians. Injuries Eppand Waldner[9] Occupational health hazards in veterinary medicine: Physical, psycological, and chemical hazards. Injuries, radiations Berry et al.[10] Cumulative trauma disorders among California veterinarians. Injuries, trauma Kozak et al.[11] Self-Reported Muskuloskeletal Disorders of the Distal Upper Extremities and the Neck in German Veterinarians: A Cross-Sectional Study. Trauma Reijula et al.[12] Work environment and occupational health of Finnish veterinarians. Injuries, trauma, radiations Cattel et al.[13] Rectal palpation associated cumulative trauma disorders and acute traumatic injury affecting bovine practitioners. Injuries, trauma Scuffham et al.[14] Prevalence and risk factors associated with musculoskeletal discomfort in New Zealand veterinarians. Trauma Fritschi et al.[15] Injury in Australian veterinarians. Injuries, trauma Jeyaretnam et al.[16] Disease and injury among veterinarians. Injuries Nigam and Srivastav[17] Assessing occupational hazards among Indian wildlife health professionals. Injuries, trauma Nordgren et al. [18] Evaluation of factors associated with work-related injuries to veterinary technicians certified in Minnesota. Injuries Lucas et al. [19] Serious injuries to Australian veterinarians working with cattle. Injuries Leggat et al. [20] Exposure rate of needlestick and sharps injuries among Australian veterinarians. Injuries Weeseand Faires [21] A survey of needle handing practices and needlestick injuries in veterinary technicians. Injuries Fowler et al. [22] Survey of occupational hazards in Minnesota veterinary practices in 2012. Injuries Macdonald and Scott [23] Scanning through the pain: ergonomic considerations for performing echocardiography of animals. Trauma Smith et al. [24] Muskuloskeletal disorders and psychosocial risk factors among veterinarians in Queensland, Australia. Trauma Scuffham et al. [25] Tasks considered by veterinarians to cause them musculoskeletal discomfort, and suggested solutions. Trauma O’Sullivan and Curran [26] It shouldn’t appear to a vet. Occupational injuries in veterinary practitioners working in Ireland. Trauma Kabuusu et al. [27] Prevalence and pattern of self-reported animal-related injury among veterinarians in metropolitan Kampala. Injuries Wilkins et al. [28] Veterinarian injuries associated with bovine TB testing livestock in Michigan, 2001. Injuries Shirangi et al. [3] Birth defects in offspring of female veterinarians. Radiations Hall et al. [29] Occupational exposures to antineoplastic drugs and ionizing radiation in Canadian veterinary settings: findings from a national surveillance project. Radiations Shirangi et al. [30] Maternal occupational exposures and risk of spontaneous abortion in veterinary practite. Radiations Shirangi et al. [31] Prevalence of occupational exposures and protective practices in Australian female veterinarians. Radiations Gatherer et al. [32] Exposure of veterinary personnel to ionising radiation during bone scanning of horses by nuclear scintigraphy with 99mtechnetium methylene diphosphonate. Radiations Fritschi [33] Cancer in veterinarians. Radiations Canato et al. [34] Occupational exposure assessment in procedures of portable digital veterinary radiology for small size animals. Radiations

Table 1: Papers and relative type of risk about physical agents.