Thursday, 1 May 2014

Bronchitis Virus and Poultry

UK - The Infectious Bronchitis (IB) virus has been a worldwide problem for the poultry industry for many years. However, the negative effects of an IB virus infection can be prevented by vaccination and the implementation of strict biosecurity principles, according to DuPont Disinfectants.

Terminal flock turnaround biosecurity measures are commonplace but are the biosecurity products currently selected, genuinely capable of decontaminating farms where there is a pre-existing IB virus challenge?
Choosing the right disinfectant is important, as poultry housing surfaces and disinfection application methods vary, and the speed of decontamination action under specific environmental and temperature challenges can be critical when ensuring flock protection.

New independent virucidal assessments have been recently completed on DuPont™ Virkon® S demonstrating efficacy against IB virus in the presence of organic challenge. The assessment showed that a 1:100 dilution of Virkon S in hard water completely inactivated IB virus, in 10 minutes, resulting in an impressive ≥5.5 log10 reduction in viral titre. Read more

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