Help and advice for yard managers

Livery yards can be particularly vulnerable to a strangles outbreak.

Our practical guidance has been designed to help you protect your horses and business from the disease.

Don't forget to make your Yard Manager pledge to show that your business is proactive about prevention!

Check your horse's overall health with our free temperature checker

Temperature checking is an inexpensive, easy and vital way of checking your horse’s overall health. Help spot disease early in your horse by taking our custom temperature checker.

Yard agreement template

Isolating and screening new horses will reduce the risk of strangles being brought onto your yard.

Download our yard agreement template to help you create or revise your screening protocol.

Strangles assistance videos

What to expect from scoping for strangles

Using an isolation/quarantine area for horses with confidence

How to spot a fever in your horse

Setting up an isolation area

Spotting infection early

Downloadable resources

Strangles Pack (PDF 2.5 MB)

(PDF 892 KB)

Isolation guidelines (PDF 93 KB)

Isolation set-up checklist (PDF 510 KB)

Isolation area notice (PDF 62 KB)

Biosecurity assessment activity (PDF 182 KB)

Strangles Pack - Events insert (PDF 212 KB)

Strangles Insurance - Are you covered

Strangles carrier animation

How does a horse become a strangles carrier?

Share our short, simple film with clients to encourage carrier prevention to become a routine part of strangles outbreak management.

"There's increased demand from horse owners for yards to be active in ensuring the health and welfare of their client’s horses. It is encouraging to see so many yards insisting on isolation and screening for new arrivals, which gives horse owners confidence that prevention and outbreaks will be managed well and communicated openly."

Cheryl Johns

Director of Livery List

Yard managers - make your pledge

Together we can #StampOutStrangles