Guide to a Healthy Barn

This guide provides you with a basic understanding of what constitutes a healthy barn. If you choose to have your horse live on your property, creating and maintaning a suitable living space is a daunting task. Having and maintaining a healthy barn is of fundamental importance in owning and caring for a horse.

In the pages that follow, we cover these important topics:

• Creating a healthy barn
• Barn management and housekeeping
• Barn safety
• Barn and stable ventilation and lighting
• Effective waste management
• Proper hay storage
• Provisions for feeding and watering your equines

This guide focuses on essential and basic information that every equine owner should know for maintaining a healthy barn. For a more in-depth understanding, visit our Healthy Barn health center, read one or more blogs on healthy barns, or visit our healthy barn forum where you can discuss and learn more from other horse owners.