Study Shows Stall Cleaning Impacts Stable Air Quality

A change in your approach to horse stall cleaning might result in improved air quality in the stable, report researchers from Georg-August University of Gottingen, in Germany.
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A change in your approach to horse stall cleaning might result in improved air quality in the stable, report researchers from Georg-August University of Gottingen, in Germany. | Photo: iStock

A change in your approach to horse stall cleaning might result in improved air quality in the stable, report researchers from Georg-August University of Gottingen, in Germany.

Researchers measured the air quality in the stable with different bedding types (wheat straw, wood shavings, and straw pellets) and mucking out regimens. The experiments were carried out in an enclosed, roofed stable with five box stalls housing two Warmblood mares with foals and two Warmblood riding mares.

They found the use of wheat straw reduced the amount of ammonia in the air compared to wood shavings and straw pellets, but wood shavings and straw pellets kicked up fewer particles

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