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Worried That Horse Keeping Hurts the Environment?
It’s natural for responsible horse owners to worry about the impact our horse keeping has on the environment.
Green Horse Brands is proud of products that support the health of the horse, their people and the planet. Our foundation product, dust-free Airlite bedding is a game-changer in the manure management component of environmentally friendly horse management.
Our Thymox all-natural disinfectant kills disease-spreading bacteria, viruses and mold spores without leaving toxic substances behind.
Airlite Dust-Free Bedding – Less is More
An average 1,000-pound horse produces approximately 31 pounds of poop every day, plus 2.4 gallons of urine. (It could be worse – elephants produce about 300 pounds of poop every day!)
And these numbers don’t include bedding that goes out with the manure and urine. Bedding can add 8 to 15 pounds of waste, per horse, per day, according to Penn State Extension.
That’s a lot of waste to haul away, with fuel consumption and cost escalating [ … ]
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Also tagged Green Horse Keeping, healthy stables
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Equine Disease Prevention — What’s The Deal with Disinfectants?
COVID taught us the importance of doing everything possible to prevent the spread of contagious diseases.
Making sense of disinfectant claims can be confusing!
Along with that, advertising claims about cleaners, sanitizers and disinfectants spread as quickly as COVID.
COVID may be relatively under control now, but EHV-1, strangles and influenza are among the bacteria and virus-borne diseases we worry about for our horses and pets. Especially when traveling to shows and exhibitions where contact with other people, horses and animals is a risky reality.
Making sense of claims about what cleaners, sanitizers and disinfectant products actually do continues to be a challenge for us horse and pet owners.
Thankfully, the Environment Protection Agency has a helpful information. This includes what to look for in products for both effectiveness and safety for humans and animals. The EPA tests and regulates products that “sanitize” or “disinfect.”
Definitions and Distinctions
Per the EPA, “sanitize” means to “kill [ … ]
What does “clean” mean in our horse’s environment?
Horses count on their humans to keep their environment truly clean.
Tuesday, March 19 is the first day of spring and the topic of “spring cleaning” will likely be in surround-sound mode.
For horse owners, it’s a great time to think about what “clean” means in the context of our horses’ environment and their health.
Clean Air
Clean air is critical to horse’s health, happiness and performance. But it’s challenging to maintain in the equine environment, especially in the horse’s breathing zone.
Our horses’ lungs function as air filters. But the stabled environment is loaded with microscopic particles that can clog those filters.
Even before these bits of mold, mites and various allergens – aka “respirable dust” — get into the lungs, they can settle in the lining of the upper respiratory tract. There, they cause irritation that triggers mucus and inflammation. And that restricts the flow of oxygen in [ … ]
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Also tagged clean animal environments, equine disease prevention
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