Title: Identify items to consider when planning equine facilities.
Course: Equine Science (18104-I) > Section: Managing the Stable

Identification should include

- safety requirements for an equine facility
- consideration of the types, breeds, and ages of the horses
- recommended stall sizes
- characteristics of stall construction
- location of a barn
- light, ventilation, storage space, feeding, bedding, and watering requirements
- waste management
- animal-human interface with locale (e.g., infectious disease control, risks of emergent zoonoses, biosecurity, biocontainment)
- fencing
- feed storage
- rodent control
- biosecurity plan
- water source planning.

Teacher Resources:

- Virginia Regulations Pertaining to the Horse Industry, Virginia Horse Council
- National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why does a senior horse need special consideration?
- Why is it important to carefully consider the location of a barn?
- How might a change in zoning affect the use of established recreational trails?
- What obstacles might arise if a person with horses on land zoned as residential or agricultural wants to establish an equine training facility?
- How might local ordinances affect types of fencing?
- What considerations should be evaluated when a stable is in a neighborhood?