Understanding & Practicing Biosecurity on Horse Farms
Kentucky Horse Council
May 19, 2011
Biosecurity is a big word that many livestock owners don’t fully understand. Let’s break it down: Bio means
Biosecurity is a big word that many livestock owners don’t fully understand. Let’s break it down: Bio means
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The immune system allows humans and animals including horses to survive in a complex world filled with harmful bacteria and viruses that can use our bodies for nourishment and reproduce within us. The immune system protects us from those organisms
Learn how to clean and disinfect a dirty stall between horses, after a sick horse occupies it, or before placing a mare in the stall to foal (with Dr. Roberta Dwyer of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center).
Dr. Paul Morley discusses infectious diseases and biosecurity as they relate to both animals and people.
Learn how the United States is safeguarding its horse population against foreign diseases with quarantine protocols for World Equestrian Games equine athletes.
The movement of horses internationally is underscored with the upcoming Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Sept. 25-Oct.10 at the Kentucky Horse Park.
Quarantine, confinement, and stress can affect World Equestrian Games (WEG) horses.
It is important to thoroughly clean and disinfect stalls where mares foal. Disinfectants such as phenolic compounds will kill rotavirus, as well as salmonella, R. equi, and other equine pathogens.
Vaccinating horses is generally considered to be the most cost-effective method of preventing infectious diseases; however, vaccines do have limitations.
The risk of global dissemination of equine diseases has increased with the growth in international trade and competition. Specific diseases have been introduced or re-introduced into countries through the importation of equids/semen. Such incursions can have a very significant economic impact on the industries involved.
The University of Kentucky’s Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center made a long-awaited switch to a new online file-keeping system known as Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) in early August.
Quarantine is one of the oldest infectious disease control measures.
Use these tips when buying pre-owned tack to avoid contagious consignments and bringing diseases home to your horses.
A new large animal isolation unit that sets the standard for patient housing and infection control opened May 25 at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC).
Animals showing signs of infectious disease will
We’re all familiar with the medical/veterinary axiom: First do no harm. A recent Colorado State University (CSU) study extended this principle to biosecurity for ambulatory veterinarians: First, don’t bring any diseases into a patient’s
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