Horses have bad immune systems. If one horse catches a cold it isn't very long before the rest of the stable is coughing and congested. One of the best ways to reduce the chances of more horses getting ill is to completely disinfect your stall before you put another horse in it.
1. Remove all of the buckets and feed tubs from the stall. When horses eat and drink they slobber all over their buckets, leaving their germs behind for the next horse that uses the bucket. Remove the buckets and either wash them with bleach water before using them again. If you have automatic waters in your stall you will have to shut off the water and drain the waters. After draining the water, you will have to use a scrub brush to clean the waterer.
2. Strip the stall. Simply mucking out the soiled bits of betting isn't good enough. When you are disinfecting a stall you are going to have to remove all of the bedding. After stripping the stall don't let the contaminated bedding sit in the manure spreader. Piles of bedding and manure is the perfect breeding ground for bacteria. Spread the manure somewhere far away from your horses.
3. Use a broom or a duster on a long handle to remove all of the cobwebs and dust from the stall's ceiling and floor. Make sure you wear a dusk mask while you are cob webbing.
4. Mix your Lysol Disinfectant Concentrate with water, use the solution to completely scrub the stall walls. If you use stall mats or have a concrete floor you can use a garden sprayer to clean the walls. If your stall floor is made out of dirt you will have to use a scrub brush and clean the walls by hand.
5. Give the stall plenty of time to dry.
6. Cover the stall floor with fresh bedding (either straw or shavings).
7. Replace all of your buckets and feed tubs.
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