Geir Harris Hedemark wrote in message ...
Rob Halgren writes:
Messy, a bit. Unsanitary? I strongly doubt that horse manure is
a vector of human disease.

It is. Tetanus and other nasty germs thrive in more or less all kinds
of soil and manure.


Indeed, the tetanus bacterium is a normal part of a horse's intestinal
flora.

This is also true for many other animals.

Curiously, horses themselves must be immunized against tetanus. The
situation is analogous to that involving humans and --E. coli--; as
long as the bacteria stay where they belong, they aren't a problem.
Introduced to other parts of the body, they cause trouble.

J. Del Col