Does horse manure post a significant risk to human health?
Not according to the findings in “Diseases of Humans and Horses (Zoonosis)”, a new paper published this week by Faye Brophy DVM, Carole Bridgeman RN, Adda Quinn EnviroHorse, and Lyndall Erb PhD. The authors became concerned about information being provided to the public about the extent to which horses pose threats to human health from exposure to manure deposited on public trails. Their research shows that the risk of horse fecal pathogens infecting humans (zoonosis) is extremely small. Read this paper in pdf format.
