What would you think of a yard that doesn't ask new arrivals for a strangles test and doesn't quarantine?

I don’t know all that much about the strangles test but have heard it is unreliable. I have a little yard. I isolate arrivals for approx 10 days unless they are very well known but that means a paddock where they can see and not touch others. In this time they are worm counted / wormed. It’s not perfect as they are still using the yard and so sharing space but I do ask liveries to be sensible about keeping a distance for a bit. Only ever had one (off the lorry from Ireland in a big batch) have a sniffle after a couple of days. As others have said being too stringent when horses often go to shows and others visit to go hacking.
 
I have never been asked quarantine, though I do wonder why a large stud farm close to me, never quarantines any horses. I would be worried about visiting mares and foals and of course the studs own mares and foals and stallions catching anything.
 
I quarantined my mare that travelled from Italy. She spent 2 weeks in a field separate to mine but she could see them. (That was maybe pointless though. Someone said strangles travel in the air?) She was pretty stressed for that 2 weeks but my other 2 were old so I was concerned about them.

I didn’t quarantine my mare that came from the north of England. She traveled here alone though and decided the risks were lower.
 
I completely agree that what the horse has been up to and where it’s from is important when making these decision’s. t I quarantined the last horse I bought from Ireland with my old horse on my top yard and kept my others on the bottom yard that was because he had had a long journey in a mixed load .
Twelve horses many of them young and stressed is just what strangles likes .
But when bought I Blue from a local sales agent I know just down the road there seemed little point he had been hunting mine had been hunting so we just got on with it .
 
A horse near us nearly died as it got a strain of flu from a well known venue stabling over night. The owner didn't know he had flu until 2 weeks later and he nearly died. Only just got better a year on. Others on the yard caught it as well. All horses were vaccinated against flu. This was a different strain. She saw that someone else had asked if any horses had been ill at that venue and that the owner had attended a different show to hers.

And on another yard a new horse brought in strangles and wasn't quarantined. A horse on that yard died from it that wasn't the brought in horse.

It's not just strangles you have to worry about.

If you are stabling at a venue always make sure the stable is disinfected properly before use.
 
Ample Prosecco said:
I know the owner and horse too and it was absolutely tragic. The yard was dodgy AF as not only did they hush up symptoms but they inisted she hush up too, and kickled her off when she refused. Forcing an acutely ill horse to travel.
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That poor woman. (I'm assuming it's a woman for simplicity's sake.) How dare they treat her that way, especially on top of that tragedy.
 
Everything is quarantined. The only one who isn't is my 3yo who lives with a friend who is just as anal about bio security as I am as she moves between yards.
 
I do understand the logic behind quarantine etc. But how many of us take their horses away to camps, clinics, championships etc.? I can guarantee that not every stable is disinfected between horses. For some places the bedding isn't entirely removed before a new horse moves in. My mare quite often goes and stays with my trainer if I am away on holiday. Do those who quarantine their horses never mix with other horses? I am just thinking about the practicalities here.
 
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