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Q:I show during the spring and summer season and wanted to know how I can safeguard my horse before putting him in a wooden, concrete or metal stall that could have contained a sick horse the weekend before - without burning his lungs from dousing the stall with bleach?


A: Cleaning is most important so being sure all left over bedding is removed is the first step, then physically scrubbing stall surfaces with soap and water followed by rinsing will remove about 90 to 95% percent of the bacteria and viruses. However the only way to inactivate the other 5 to 10% of the disease agents not removed by cleaning alone is with a disinfectant...

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Think of the biggest sporting events in the United States, and which ones come to mind? The Super Bowl, of course. The Kentucky Derby. Two months from now, for the first time in history, the United States will host a 16-day sporting extravaganza that will command more than six hours of network television airtime and bring together athletes from 60 nations. It's the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG), an eight-discipline equestrian world championships starting Sept. 25.
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