> Actually, Robyn, from the research I did it seems that they have > connected the foal stillbirths and spontaneous abortions that happened > in KY in the 90's that were so awful, to a virus that was carried by > ticks with bats being the original host. So there is always a > possibility of cross contamination between species.
Thanks for that info. I hadn't heard the latest on that--I thought it was due to particular grasses that the mares had eaten. The tray idea sounds like it would work. Just be careful emptying the trays, w/ the rabies issue and all. Robyn S
