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DLV Reg. May 2013	Posted 2015-09-18 1:27 PM Subject: Proper way to quarantine a horse...
Expert Posts: 1432 Location: Never in one place long	So my "kill pen horse" just arrived today and I have her seperated and in our round pen. She appears to be healthy but I want to make sure. How long should I quarantine her and what things do I need to be careful not to do? If I just feed her last and santatize my hands etc is that all that I need to do? Never had to quarantine a horse before so I'm not sure what it all entails. Thanks!
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cheryl makofka Reg. Jan 2011	Posted 2015-09-18 1:38 PM Subject: RE: Proper way to quarantine a horse...
The Advice Guru Posts: 6419	I was told to truly quarinteen a horse they need to be a minimum or 2 or 4 miles diameter from any other horses. This is because of flies. Also clothes, footwear have to be changed immediately before and after entering the pen. Brushes, blankets, buckets, have to be sterilized before another horse uses them.
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komet. Reg. Jun 2012	Posted 2015-09-18 2:11 PM Subject: RE: Proper way to quarantine a horse...
Expert Posts: 4121 Location: SE Louisiana	cheryl makofka - 2015-09-18 1:38 PM I was told to truly quarinteen a horse they need to be a minimum or 2 or 4 miles diameter from any other horses. This is because of flies. Also clothes, footwear have to be changed immediately before and after entering the pen. Brushes, blankets, buckets, have to be sterilized before another horse uses them. I think a screen enclosed stall works too.
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TwistedK Reg. May 2006	Posted 2015-09-18 2:16 PM Subject: RE: Proper way to quarantine a horse...
Bulls Eye Posts: 6443 Location: Oklahoma	We used to keep a little tub of disinfectent outside the stall and step in it before going in and also coming out of the stall
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pabarrelracer Reg. Dec 2003	Posted 2015-09-18 8:39 PM Subject: RE: Proper way to quarantine a horse...
Location: on a hill	DLV - 2015-09-18 1:27 PM So my "kill pen horse" just arrived today and I have her seperated and in our round pen. She appears to be healthy but I want to make sure. How long should I quarantine her and what things do I need to be careful not to do? If I just feed her last and santatize my hands etc is that all that I need to do? Never had to quarantine a horse before so I'm not sure what it all entails. Thanks! I did what you are doing with the 2 I bought. I made sure anything that went into their stalls was sprayed with bleach when it came out. Manure fork included. I kept mine in for 30 days in a stall away from everyone else. The one mare did wind up with shipping fever. None of the others here caught it.
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ThreeCorners Reg. Nov 2003	Posted 2015-09-19 6:46 AM Subject: RE: Proper way to quarantine a horse...
Tried and True Posts: 21185 Location: Where I am happiest	My vet says 30 days and no contact with other horses for 30 days. Keep 30 ft away from others. Nothing else to do unless they start running a temp. I know some also give a round of antibiotics just as a precautinary preventative. Talk to your vet about that. Thats all we did and everything went fine. Congrats and thankyou for saving a life. We have bought 2 out of the K.P. and I love them both. Both very nice horses.
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