Read this informative article and learn how you can use the combination of Stall Zyme and Stall Genie Granules to block odor and absorb harmful ammonia in your horse stall bedding. Stall Genie Granules are available in multiple Sizes, are easy to scoop, effective and safe. Stall Genie Granules are all natural, and provides maximum odor control, while Stall Zyme continues to eat ammonia long after its application.

Stall Genie and Stall Zyme was developed to reduce ammonia and moisture in stalls and stables. Ammonia gas is the leading cause of respiratory problems. Moisture contamination is responsible for the development of molds, bacteria and fungus, which are a major cause of disease, especially in foals.

Application of Stall Genie allows the Capture of Ammonia, which over time will allow your horse to perform better by having fewer Non Noticeable respiratory problems. Why do you think you can see blood coming out of Race Horses nostrils while running…bleeding from the lungs…use of our system over time will reduce or eliminate that, and will allow all equine Athletes to perform better with fewer vet bills.

Apply the Stall Genie system in your horse stall or trailer, with these 8 simple steps.

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Step 1: Spray Stall Zyme over the area and allow to dry.  If mats are in the stall or trailer, roll back and spray both sides if possible.  Stall Zyme will continue to eat residual ammonia even after drying.

Step 2: After allowing your Stall Zyme application to dry, get handy your Stall Genie Granules in pail or bag form.

Step 3: Pour granules into a small container for ease of spreading (optional)

Step 4: Spread granules lightly over the horse bedding area

Step 5: Make sure the granules are evenly applied

Step 6: Apply the bedding material of your choice over the granules

Step 7: Spread bedding evenly over the granules

Step 8: When the bedding is completely laid down, a handful of Stall Genie Granules also needs to be put in the area of the bedding where horse urinates and one where it defecates.

Congratulations, you are now done and on track to improve the health of your horses!

The use of Stall Genie Products can help absorb and eliminate deadly ammonia in stalls, click the button below to learn more about the benefits of using Stall Genie Products in your Horse Bedding, and to purchase Stall Genie Products.

Here is a great testimonial with images from yet another highly satisfied Stall Genie user.

May 24, 2010

Mr. Stan French
StallGenie
4175 Business Drive
Suite D
Cameron Park, CA 95682

Dear Mr. French:

When it comes to purchasing equine related leg protection we always look to find Bar F Products. Needless to say with our 2600 mile trip from Arkansas to Northern Alberta with two of our performance brood mares we wanted their travel comfortable, so two (2) pair of Bar F shipping boots were needed.

And of course they did the job as expected.

BUT the real SURPRISE of this trip was your recommendation to try your NEW trailer products Stall Mat, Stall Zyme and and Stall Genie. Since we had just purchased a new living quarters 4 horse trailer and wanted to keep it in excellent condition we felt it was worth the try.

First I must tell you that having been around the equine world for years I was not aware of the damage high concentration of ammonia could cause horses when kept in the confined areas of stalls and trailers for extended periods of time. Your presentation of this information and cure for this concern will be of great benefit to the equine world.

So what exactly did I experience from use of this product. Unbelievable results to say the least. After 2600 miles our new trailer still had the “new car smell” to it not knowing how else to describe.

We faced absolutely horrible weather conditions after leaving 85 degree weather in Arkansas with slicked off horses and then hitting below freezing weather in Kansas all the way to Northern Alberta. Because of this, the amount of time we could take the horses out of the trailer was really limited. The horses, even with blankets, would instantly shiver and fight the cold. Stretching their legs for a brief period was about all we could do until we hit our first major two day stop in Montana.

What one may find particularly interesting about this Stall Genie products is that on this trip we had the front two stalls of the trailer load with personal household items and had major concerns about odors on them when unloaded and placed in the house. ABSOLUTLY NO ODORS! Astounding considering these items were captured in a trailer with two horses, with limited ventilation because of severe weather.

On this trip we faced snow, sleet and icey roads so it was totally unreasonable to stop and clean the trailer and allowed us the option of adding fresh shavings and a few handfuls of Stall Genie. At one point we had no choice but to leave the horses in the trailer for about 16 hours straight the weather was so bad.

The power of these products is beyond description. Like all horses the first thing they have to do when loaded in a trailer is eliminate, mark their spot. They are worse than dogs. Once the urine or manure hit the bedding the Stall Genie products did their job.

You could only smell typical horse manure smell, but NEVER any of the heavy Ammonia type smells found in most stalls or trailers.

I must tell you about one stop. You had forwarded with my order the test strips to be able to read the parts per million of ammonia levels knowing my science prove it to me brain must have. Based on what I mentioned in the last paragraph and horses need to eliminate, the horses had been unloaded and walked for a bit. The first horse was loaded and I had no more than closed the divider stall and she urinates what seemed like gallons worth. I instantly went and got my test strips and held them about a foot above the discharge. Trying it three (3) times I could not get a reading above 5 parts per million. I told my wife I must be messing up the test, the product simply can’t be that great. Boy was I wrong!

No matter the conditions I could never get readings above 5 parts per million with the testing. The Stall Genie products are without a doubt the finest health benefit products to hit the equine world in years. These all natural organic products will do more for the prevention of respiratory health issues when used on a consistent basis than everything ever developed.

This is a product that no horse owner should be without that trailers or stalls their horse for any period of time. It should also be used for those pet lovers traveling with cats.

Thank you,

Respectfully,

Mike G. Easton, Vice President
5 Star Equine Products [www.5starequineproducts.com]
E3 Ranch and Cattle

By Katherine Blocksdorf

If your horse lives in a stall for any part of his day, you’ll have to keep it clean. Unclean stalls attract insects and could encourage hoof problems like thrush. Breathing ammonia from urine saturated bedding can be harmful to your horse’s or pony’s sensitive lungs. It’s unpleasent to work in and smelly for you too. Stall cleaning should be a daily task.

Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 20 minutes

Here’s How:

1. Dress for the Job

Dress in appropriate clothing. Gloves can prevent blisters. Urine can erode the stitching on the soles of leather riding boots. Save yourself boot cleaning time by changing into work or rubber boots.

2. Clear the Work Area

Take your horse out of the stall. A good time to muck out is when your horse is in his pasture. If you can’t put him out, put him in an empty stall. Remove all the feed tubs, water buckets and stall toys.

3. Assemble Your Tools

Get your cleaning tools and park your wheelbarrow or cart close to the stall door facing in the direction you’ll want to go when the barrow is full. It’s easier to maneuver an empty wheelbarrow than a full one.

4. Dig In

If the stall is bedded with straw use a pitchfork to remove manure and wet or soiled bedding. If shavings or sawdust have been used, use the shavings fork to remove manure and wet bedding. Fork the manure into the wheelbarrow or cart. Sometimes it’s easier to pick up wet bedding with a shovel.

5. Head for the Manure Pile

Wheel the filled barrow and dump out the contents in the assigned area (the manure pile). It’s tempting to fill the wheelbarrow really high, but this can make it hard to push and easy to tip. It’s frustrating having to clean up manure a second time because you’ve tipped over the wheelbarrow!

6. Do a Thorough Job

Continue cleaning out the dirty bedding. Scrape the unsoiled bedding to one side, and check that there is not wet or manure soiled bedding hiding underneath.

7. Even The Surface

Once you’ve removed all the manure and wet bedding, spread the cleaner bedding back over the whole stall area. Check around the edges of the stall as clean bedding sometimes gets tossed against the walls as the horse moves around. This leaves a thinner area in the middle or where the horse usually stands. Distribute the bedding evenly.

8. Add Clean Bedding

Add new bedding to replace any that has been removed. You’ll either add a whole bale of straw, or portions of one. Fluff it with a pitchfork. Some stables have truckloads of loose shavings piled, or some buy bags of compacted shavings. Use your wheelbarrow to transport fresh shavings to the stall, or open a bag and fluff the compacted shavings with the shavings fork.

9. How Thick To Bed

Gauge how thick to bed by what type of floor is under the bedding and what season it is. If there is thick rubber matting on the stall floors, bedding can be thinner. On concrete, especially during cold weather, add more bedding to provide padding and urine absorption. Sand floors are easier on the horses’s legs, but may get saturated with urine quickly if not enough bedding is put down.

10. Weekly Maintenance

You may want to completely strip a stall occasionally. In this case, keep filling your wheelbarrow until the stall floor is bare. Use the shovel to scrape up remnants of bedding and the broom to sweep it clean. You may want to put down odor control solution or stable disinfectant. Let the floor dry before re-bedding.

11. Keep Alleys and Doors Clear

After you’ve finished cleaning and bedding the stall, use the broom to sweep up spilled manure, straw or shavings in alleys and doorways. Scoop up the sweepings into the shovel and toss them into the manure pile. Manure, chaff and bedding pushed out a doorway will turn into a muddy mess in wet weather.

12. Prepare Tools for Next Use

Put all the tools away where they won’t cause a tripping hazard.

13. Ready for Your Horse

Replace feed tubs, buckets and toys so the stall will be ready for your horse when he comes in.

Tips:

Always turn the wheelbarrow pointing in the direction you want to go out in.
Inexpensive hangers keep cleaning tools safely out of the way.
Some people leave a thick padding of bedding for warmth and only clean the top surface during winter months.
Use the broom to knock down spider webs every so often.
Inexpensive riding gloves with the sticky rubber dots are handy for handling tools and shavings bags without slipping.

What You Need:

A wheelbarrow or cart
Pitch fork (Five pronged is best.)
A shavings fork for moving shavings or sawdust
A broad shovel
A stable broom
Gloves (optional)
Rubber boots (optional)

Source: About.com Guide

To further lend to a clean and healthy stall, the use of Stall Genie Products can help absorb and eliminate deadly ammonia in stalls, click the button below to learn more about the benefits of using Stall Genie Products in your Horse Bedding.

The respiratory health of horses and their owners is affected by the quality of the air they breathe. We are all familiar with the smell of ammonia that comes from soiled bedding, but how many of us appreciate the adverse health effects it can cause in both our horses and ourselves?

What is ammonia and where does it come from?

Ammonia is a noxious gas with a characteristic pungent odour that is present in the stable environment. It is produced from a substance called urea, that is passed in horse urine and faeces. Urea is converted to ammonia in wet horse bedding, by the action of bacteria present in the stables environment. These bacteria produce an enzyme ‘urease’ which drives the conversion of urea to ammonia. Management practices affect the levels of ammonia present in the stable. Production and build-up of ammonia in stable bedding is exacerbated in deep littering systems, such as those used with hemp, woodchips and shavings. Also this problem can occur when rubber matting is used with little or no bedding and when stable drainage and ventilation is poor, or soiled bedding is simply allowed to accumulate. Levels of ammonia in the air are worse during mucking-out and if straw is used as bedding. Ammonia can also be absorbed into the structures of the stable or loose box, particularly timber and semi-porous floors and will continue to escape back into the air, even after the stable has been mucked out. It can also be trapped under rubber matting placed on floors of Horse stables.

Ammonia and respiratory health

When ammonia combines with water in body tissues, it becomes extremely irritating and harmful to the sensitive eye membraines, sinuses and respiratory system. In humans, short-term exposure to high levels of ammonia can cause upper and lower respiratory tract irritation and oedema and, over the long-term, can cause chronic bronchitis and may exacerbate occupational lung diseases including asthma. In horses, ammonia restricts the movement of cilia (brush-like hairs) in the airways that filter out harmful dust particles and its corrosive action causes inflammation and a build up of mucous. Excessive ammonia inhalation in horses is thought to be a significant contributing factor in recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) formally known as COPD and lower respiratory tract inflammation of small airway disease. Persistent airborne ammonia exposure can also lead to an impaired response to respiratory bacterial and viral threats and has been linked to eye irritation and reduced hoof integrity.

How Can Stall Genie Help?

Simple, by absorbing and eliminating deadly ammonia fumes and moisture. The absorption of moisture will help eliminate populations of parasites and flies which thrive with moisture, while the Ammonia absorption will improve the health of your horses and foals reducing veterinarian bills and resulting in a happier healthier horse.

By Nancy S. Loving, DVM

Q. My horse’s stall smells like ammonia. I keep it clean, but the odor is still there. I’ve heard that a strong ammonia smell indicates a horse is passing a lot of protein in his urine. I feed my horse alfalfa hay, and my barn friends tell me that the high-protein content of this hay is causing the ammonia smell. Is this true? Is it a bad thing?

A. A high-protein diet is notorious for increasing the amount of ammonia output in horse urine. So yes, your friends are correct. Legume hay, like alfalfa, is exceptionally high in protein and may well be contributing to the ammonia smell in the stall. If you can stand in the barn or aisleway and smell the ammonia or feel that your lungs are irritated by it, then the fumes are too strong for your horse, too.

High ammonia fumes in the stable are detrimental to good respiratory health in horses. The fumes irritate the respiratory airways and can trigger any number of inflammatory events, including heaves (also known as recurrent airway obstruction). Irritated airways are also more susceptible to viral and bacterial invasion. Your objective should be to improve the air quality in the barn, and this can be done in several ways:

First off, and when possible, switch your horse to a grass hay diet to lessen the protein load on his kidneys. Use other supplements, like high-fat, fiber-rich complete feeds or beet pulp, to add calories to your horse’s diet instead of alfalfa hay. If you must feed alfalfa hay, then try to move your horse outside, where there is better ventilation, for as much of the day as possible.

Frequently muck your horse’s stall and change the bedding often. Bedding saturated with urine holds the fumes. Add commercial materials (like Sweet PDZ) to the bedding that are known for soaking up urine and neutralizing the odors.

Avoid the temptation to shut the barn up tightly or to heat it in attempts to keep the horses warm. Keep barn doors and windows open when possible to allow good air circulation inside. By fall horses should have good fur coats or are being blanketed, so they should stay warm. As long as they have shelter, they will benefit from the air flow. Have a knowledgeable person help evaluate the barn’s ventilation system to ensure that fresh air is circulating in and stale air is moving out.

Expert: Nancy S. Loving, DVM, is a performance horse veterinarian based in Boulder, Colo., and is the author of All Horse Systems Go

Stall Genie Products can help absorb and eliminate deadly ammonia in stalls, click the button below to learn more about the benefits of using Stall Genie Products in your Horse Bedding.

By Susan Raymond

The health and well being of horses depends on healthy lungs. Poor air quality can contribute to various respiratory disorders in horses and in the people who care for them.

Bedding Choice
Your choice of bedding will depend on a combination of personal preference, cost effectiveness, local availability and type of horse housed. Bedding should be dust and mould free, absorbent, supportive and easy to use and dispose of. A barn with proper ventilation and floors with good drainage are as important as your choice of bedding.

Dust
Dust in the stable can be an irritant, infectious or allergenic. Each particle can play more than one role. Dust can be divided into two groups, “nuisance dust” and allergens. “Nuisance dust” includes plant particles that can irritate the respiratory tract. Allergen sources include mould spores, pollen and mites. The chance of a dust particle inducing disease as an irritant or an allergen is dependent upon the amount retained in the respiratory tract. Deposition and clearance of particles are dependent on the size, shape and type of particle that is inhaled. The smaller dust particles have a higher chance of reaching the lower airways.

Mould
There are many types of mould living in the field where our crops are grown (i.e. straw). The spores from these types of mould (“field fungi”) are usually large and do not have a good chance of getting into the lower airways. The mould spores that are more dangerous are small. The highest exposures to these mould spores are associated with bedding that has been processed, packaged or baled damp and with deep litter management. The high moisture content influences the fungi in the bedding and metabolic activity of the organisms causes the temperature to rise. The moulds that thrive in this high moisture and heat are very prolific. The spores from these moulds are very small and when inhaled can travel deeply into the lungs.

Ammonia
Ammonia is an irritant and is a recognised concern of stable management. The source of ammonia is the horse’s urine and faeces. Ammonia is released by the action of bacteria that degrade organic matter. Ammonia inhibits the ability of the defence mechanisms in the airways to remove particles from the lung. Ammonia can also increase mucus production. Ammonia can be particularly high when stalls are being mucked out. If the horse is left in the stall during mucking, it will be subjected to high levels of ammonia and high levels of dust. The more absorbent a bedding is, the lower the levels of ammonia will be. Take action if you smell ammonia in your barn.

Barn Management Tips
wet all hay that is fed indoors and feed close to ground level or feed a good quality, low dust alternative forage product
remove the horse from the barn when mucking
sprinkle the barn aisle with water when sweeping or raking
use a quality bedding and muck out daily (avoid deep litter systems)
consider barn ventilation for all seasons
increase turnout time with shelter

Stall Genie Products can help absorb and eliminate deadly ammonia in stalls, click the button below to learn more about the benefits of using Stall Genie Products in your Horse Bedding.

The most frequent question I get from equine trainers wanting to expand their business is: “How can I attract more clients?” Well, the answer is not that complicated. Think about it for a moment… What is the real message behind any marketing, advertising or publicity effort? The emphasis should not be to get more clients. A successful marketing campaign must accomplish three very specific objectives; it should get people to know you, like you, and trust you.

I have uncovered two common mistakes while operating a successful horse business. In today’s economy these mistakes have become critical and will be the difference between your business surviving and thriving, or…not.

The first mistake is: BEING GOOD IS GOOD ENOUGH.

Most of us believe that good honest hard work is rewarded. That if you do the best job you can, you will prosper. This is not always true and some of you might have discovered this the hard way. Or maybe you are experiencing it at this very moment.

Of course a poor work ethic and lousy service will get you nowhere. But even if you provide the absolute finest service or get the best results from the horses or people you train, it won’t do you any good if you can’t figure out how to get lots of people to know you, like you, trust you and tell other people about you, year after year. This can be done two ways, through Relationship Marketing, which in general terms means exactly what is says; building relationships with your potential market. More specifically Relationship Marketing is a widely-implemented strategy for managing and developing a trainer’s interactions with clients and sales prospects. It also involves using technology to organize, synchronize business processes (principally sales and marketing activities) and most importantly, automate those marketing and communication activities through concrete marketing sequences that could run on autopilot (also known as marketing sequences). The overall goals are to find, attract, and win new clients, nurture and retain those the trainer already has, encourage former clients to come back, and do all of the above affordably. This is an ongoing process that could mean a significant investment of your time.

The other effective technique is Viral Marketing, which describes any strategy that encourages individuals to pass on information to others, creating the potential for exponential growth in the message’s exposure and influence. Put simply, Viral Marketing is word-of-mouth and today that is done electronically. Keep in mind that there is a place for more traditional forms of marketing through advertisements and an advertising campaign can be very effective. If your budget can include that, then by all means put your name out there. Just keep an open mind about other cost effective ways that you can build your reputation and your business.

The second mistake is: You think of yourself as A trainer.

In order to attract the clients that your business needs to be profitable, you must change old, traditional, out-dated equine business habits and thinking. There are people who have a great product or service and can’t make ends meet. These people train horses or give lessons or run a boarding facility. Then there are people with just an okay product or service that have a booming business because they have become marketers of what they offer. Understanding this difference is the key. The service you provide should not be the only focus of your marketing campaign. Again keep in mind you want people to know you, like you, and trust you. In our business as trainers, it’s all about us. We are in the expert based business and you must convince as many people as possible that you are the expert that they want to come to.

Think about the businesses that you consistently use and refer others to. These are businesses or people that you know, like and trust. There you have it; it’s not complicated. Have you tried advertising your services without building relationships and trust? Have you been disappointed with the results? I know I have, and it was very frustrating when I wouldn’t see results. To get more clients, referrals and income, you must start building relationships with your “market.” Get them to know you, like you, and trust you and they will do more business with you and refer others.

I’m going to assume you have some kind of marketing process in place. Techniques you have been depending on to promote your business, keep your current customers coming back, and bring in new customers. But let me ask you a very serious question — how well are those techniques working for you? Is there room for improvement? Do you have an up-to-date game plan that employs the latest in technology?

A business that is exhausting, frustrating and sucks the life out of you is not a business that you can sustain; even if it is lucrative. A marketing system should be automated and automatic, so that it is working for you 24/7, pulling in new business, keeping your current customers happy, and requiring no maintenance.

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According to the International Veterinary Information Service, researchers M.S. Davis and W.M. Foster released a paper indicating that “as little as 10 ppm for 5 to 7 weeks can cause dysfunction of the horse’s mucus membranes, which decreases immune response and makes the horse susceptible to other pathogens.”

In 2001, Michigan State University’s Equine Pulmonary Laboratory released a study, which found that stabled young horses during training suffer respiratory distress compared to young horses that are pastured during training. The researchers reported – “We conclude that stabling is associated with inflammation of both the upper and lower airway of young horses.”

The article also reported – “Ammonia’s effects are exacerbated in foals, according to Frederick Harper, PhD and extension horse specialist for the University of Tennessee. According to Harper, approximately 15 percent of all foals suffer a severe respiratory disease before they are one year old, although most occur between 2 to 6 months. Since foals spend a great deal of time on or near the stall floor, ammonia exposure is heightened.

Stall Genie Products can help absorb and eliminate deadly ammonia in stalls, click the button below to learn more about the benefits of using Stall Genie Products in your Horse Bedding.

Stall Genie Products are quality manufactured at our state-of-the-art plant in the U.S.A.

Our plant is NSF certified – read the Benefits of NSF Certification for Consumers:

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The Stall Genie Bags, Pails and Liquid are quality manufactured for the health of your horse and foals. These unique products will absorb and eliminate deadly Ammonia from stalls, and the moisture reduction will help stem fly and parasite populations. This results in the increased health of foals and horses, resulting in lower veterinarian bills.

Stall Genie products supply you with the tools you need to keep your animals healthy and free from the hazardous effects of ammonia and other stall and trailer related gasses.

As written by Dr. Frederick Harper for the University of Tennessee, Ammonia and foals don’t mix. Ammonia is a lung irritant that can cause numerous health conditions in not only foals but adult horses and farm animals as well.

About 15 percent of all foals have severe respiratory disease before they are one year of age. Problems appear from one month to one year of age. But, most respiratory diseases occur when the foal is 2-6 months of age.

Not only are these diseases costly and time-consuming to treat, but they disrupt other farm activities, such as foaling, breeding mares, training and showing…High ammonia levels have been associated with respiratory problems in foals, as well as other animals.

Young goals also have an immature respiratory system, making them more susceptible to disease. It has been reported that 10 ppm of ammonia is the level above which one might expect problems in animals. But, ammonia levels as high as 400 parts per million (ppm) were measured in foal stalls in one study. So it is important to reduce the level of ammonia in foaling stalls, and all stalls in barns where foals reside.

Keeping a clean, ammonia-free stall is especially important when it comes to foals, who are at greater risk for respiratory disease than older horses.

This is a stunning revelation, that almost a quarter of all foals have severe diseases due in part to ammonia exposure.

If only more horse owners used products such as Stall Genie to absorb and eliminate ammonia in stalls, a significant portion of these foals would be healthier.