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Viral infections and effective countermeasures LIVESTOCK & POULTRY ME
he emergence of new variants of infectious viruses develops viral epidemics - We’ve seen this with the recent virus outbreak. The lack of effective antiviral treatments for the new viruses, coupled with rapid spread of the infections results in major financial losses for the animal producers. Some viruses can be transmitted and cause diseases in humans (zoonoses) such as avian and swine influenza. Others appeared as a result of crossspecies transmissions between animals and human like HIV and the recent global virus outbreak. Therefore it is important to have a reliable broad-spectrum antimicrobial, which can be implemented in the biosecurity system – the most important tool for disease prevention. Outside of the host cell, viruses are unable to replicate and increase in number. However, they can often survive for long periods of time in this state. There are three main types of viruses with different structures, classified according to increasing difficulty of chemical disinfectant inactivation. There are many chemical disinfectants, capable to inactivate viruses, but their effectiveness depends upon many factors such as concentration, reaction time, temperature and organic load. But how to do it?
Here comes the advantage of the mineral based, dry disinfectant Stalosan F produced by Vilofoss Denmark. It is specially developed for application in presence of animals and it effectively controls pathogens during the whole production period. It can be
OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2020
