What are your techniques/procedures? What products do you use?
Totally strip the stall. Power wash debris from walls, floors, feeders, matts, etc. Bleach everything and rinse well. Set out fans to ensure that everything dries quickly. If they are on dirt floors, I dig up and replace the dirt or gravel floor at the beginning of each breeding season.
Bleach does not disinfect for all germs… I want to say that Rhodococcus is one that will not leave with bleach use the product you use for the umbilicus mixed with water…Can get it at any farm store. Chlorodyzicline? sp? blue colored? Sorry so vague not at the barn to look it up.
Dee, do you mean chlorhexadine, as in Nolvasan solution?
Chlorhexadine is what your thinking of. :lol: We use a lot of it although, I prefer Roccal-D for the foaling stalls. We do the big cleaning with bleach and then Roccal-D between foals.
We also use Roccal-D.
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Dee, do you mean chlorhexadine, as in Nolvasan solution?[/QUOTE]
Yep that is it Kim…sorry for the brain glitch…that time of the year! I am allergic to bleach so makes it tough for me!!!
I use Virkon to disinfect.
Where can I find Roccal-D?
There are good products you can buy from suppliers for hospitals or that sell alot of repro stuff. Quantenary (sp) cleaners get pretty much all the germs. That’s what I use. I think got some at Lowe’s. I usually do it 2-3 times to be sure I get everything. You get a big bottle and dilute it, so it’s practical. Bleach just doesn’t get everything.
PennyG
Nothing. Not unless I had had an actual illness.
Mares live in the foaling stalls for three months or more prior to delivery. Their systems build up antibodies which they pass to the foals.
In a germfree environment, the first germ is king!
Couldn’t agree more! :yes::yes:
The vet clinics that I have worked for in past have used both Virkon and Nolvasan solution.
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Nothing. Not unless I had had an actual illness.
Mares live in the foaling stalls for three months or more prior to delivery. Their systems build up antibodies which they pass to the foals.
In a germfree environment, the first germ is king![/QUOTE]
I was starting to worry that I was the only bad breeder that did not disinfect my stalls.
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I was starting to worry that I was the only bad breeder that did not disinfect my stalls.[/QUOTE]
When I used to foal out only my own horses, I didn’t disinfect. But now that I’m responsible for client horses, and we have horses coming from all walks-of-life, I just feel better about disinfecting between mares 
I only have 1 foaling stall and 3 foals due this year. Last year, 2 colts had umbilical infections. I don’t want to take any chances this year. Disinfecting the foaling stall just seems logical for my situation.
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Nothing. Not unless I had had an actual illness.
Mares live in the foaling stalls for three months or more prior to delivery. Their systems build up antibodies which they pass to the foals.
In a germfree environment, the first germ is king![/QUOTE]
Same - but then I’m also not bringing in strange horses.
Another non-disinfecter(or should that be -or ?) here. But we have a closed herd in the mare barn and 99% of the time on the property. I will literally use a body brush to brush off any obvious manure stains/splotches but that is it. We do use the strong iodine for the navel dunk but that is a whole 'nother debate that I don’t want to get into…sorry OP!
It has worked for us. knock wood
Well, I do the navel dunk thing too, and still had 2 foals with infections. Interestingly, I used iodine for one colt and chlorhexidine on the other. Both got infections! The third foal did not get an infection, but he was born in the summer when it was hot and dry. The first two were born in the wet, humid spring.
