Equine: Housing

Housing

Provide protection from hot sun, wind, stormy weather

Plenty of fresh air

Housing should provide

Type of shelter

depends on the facilities available

Stable, Corral, Pasture Board

Enumerate Housing Types

Box-stall, Tie-stall

Types of Stable

 Box-stall

Provide the horse with freedom to move around and thus obtain some exercise even when housed

Tie-stall

Less space; house more animals

Tie-stall

Reduce slightly the work with manure removal esp. in mare

2-inch treated wood

What wood to use in stall

4-feet wide, shoulder level

The door must be

Straw

• use in foaling box (Mares who are due to give birth are placed here so that foals are received in soft bedding)

Straw, Wood Shaving, Paper

Beddings used in horse stall

Digestible

Paper in horse’s stall must be

Dominant Horses

• kick and bite horses in lower social order

Floor

should be designed to drain effectively

Hay

Stored in a separate building rather than the stable

Respiratory Disease

Horse in close proximity to hay increases

Endotoxemia

Grain overload

Daily basis

Stalls are cleaned on a?

Ammonia

from poor sanitation is detrimental to the respiratory tract