In addition to good horse-keeping practices, owners should:

• Keep feed sealed and uncontaminated
• Keep water tanks clean and filled with fresh water
• Use heat-treated cereal grains and extruded feeds
• Use feeders
• Clean up dropped feed to discourage scavengers
• Monitor your property for dead animals and remove all carcasses immediately
• Do not have free-choice cat or dog food in the barn area, as this will encourage opossums and other wild animals to inhabit the area.