How would privately-owned horses be protected from exposure to diseases carried by wild horses?
Any time horses are shipped from location to location, they are subject to exposure to various illnesses. While we cannot guarantee that any boarders’ horses would not be exposed to a contagious disease, we will make every effort to limit the possibility of exposure. Wild horses receive veterinarian examinations including inoculations for common, communicable equine diseases and they will have current negative Coggins tests. Upon arrival at Meadowood, they will be separately quartered and pastured. Because the stress of shipping often subjects horses and burros to increased potential for exposure to disease, we would isolate any new arrivals. We also would require that all boarders maintain current vaccines on their horse for a number of equine diseases, including strangles.
