As the season changes from winter to spring we must consider the deep clean as well as the cosmetic clean of the yard, alongside all the other spring maintenance checks. Disinfection of equine premises provides a challenge to yard managers, due to the variety of surfaces that may be contaminated and the wide variety of horse pathogens.

Scientific evidence has proven that disinfectants work in fighting disease in the yard, but as we work our way around the yard to do the tidy up and clean down of these surfaces, are there any more natural, eco-friendly and affordable alternatives to spring clean the yard and what issues within the yard’s infrastructure should we be checking?