Can pasture become too overloaded with bacteria etc?

[MochaDun]

I know conditions all year have not been great but can a field that is overstressed through too much grazing, poorly drained due to clay soil, and very muddy just become rife/overloaded with the dermatophilus congolensis bacteria, that causes mud fever/rain scald? Will a prolonged very decent cold snap help to kill the microbes if so?

 

[FairyLights]

Very good question. Hope someone can answer it.

 

[Polonaise]

Dermatophilus thrives in damp conditions, it does not like the cold or the dry. This year has obviously been the ideal conditions for it to flourish. A cold snap should reduce the numbers but once a pasture has been grazed by horses it is nearly impossible to get rid of the bacteria permenantly.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

I've been on loads of yards and definitely some land makes the horse more prone to mud fever etc. I think same as you, that some land has more of, or different kind of, bacteria than other land. I can't say I've ever found any particular kind of weather to improve the issue.