STABLEGARD
| Helps with respiratory health. |
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More Detail about STABLEGARD:
The use of a mixture of organic acids, essential oils and herbs to cleanse the air and create a fresher, ammonia-free environment and reduce disease pressure is not a new concept. The concept involves misting specific organic acids to lower the pH in the building housing the animals, to create an alien environment for bacteria and viruses, to restrict their ability to multiply.
The organic acids are dispersed into the housing, creating a mist which cleans the air and coats the inside of the building with low pH droplets, thus rendering it unsuitable for pathogenic growth. The essential oils and herbal content ease breathing, coughing and stress.
STABLEGARD has been used successfully on horses and also cattle, pigs, poultry and game birds during housed periods. STABLEGARD is based on natural inputs and when used correctly creates no risk to those using the product. The organic acid content does not cause any damage to structures, metalwork or equipment in the building. However, when making up the solution with the neat product care should be taken at mixing; it is advisable to wear goggles and gloves as protection. Dilution rate is 1 part STABLEGARD to 10 parts of warm water to make up a 10% solution.
Fogging with STABLEGARD is a valuable addition to any animal health programme, whether an antibiotic or a natural therapy is used. Anything that can reduce pathogen pressure and lower the subsequent higher stress level is bound to aid quicker recovery.
Application:
The aim when using the product is to make a dense fog in the building. This can be achieved using a petrol engine or electric fogging machine or, as is often the case today, a fixed fogging system. When fogging smaller areas like stables, a knapsack sprayer or a pressurized garden sprayer can be used to good effect. Owing to the varying sizes of livestock buildings it is difficult to give specific quantities to use, better just to fog each building individually, fogging until the furthest wall of the building is hidden by the fog and then slowly walking back towards the exit.
To achieve the best results, angle the fog approximately one metre over the animals being fogged, allowing the mist to clean the air before it disperses. Fans should be switched to a low setting and top doors on stables should be closed for a short time.
STABLEGARD can also be used as a pre-entry treatment in stables to ensure horses enter a clean, fresh, sterile zone. This is particularly useful when horses come in contact with other horses from different yards.
