Disinfectant for hard surfaces

[Philosorapteuse]

Given the avian flu outbreak and warnings to get serious about biosecurity, I'm curious to know what sort of viricidal disinfectant other UK-based folks recommend for things like boots, cleaning paving etc. Our garden has a fair amount of paving, so probably gonna want something one can either water down or buy in a great big tub...!

 

[EmtheFishLady]

I'm not in the UK, but we always used Oxine or Virkon.

 

[Philosorapteuse]

I'm not in the UK, but we always used Oxine or Virkon.

Looks like Virkon is available here! Many thanks, that’s extremely helpful and has saved me an awful lot of searching

 

[BillyCocoaJaffa]

Hi, just looking into this myself. It needs to be a defra approved disinfectant, and virkon is on the list http://disinfectants.defra.gov.uk/DisinfectantsExternal/Default.aspx?Module=ApprovalsList_SI
Does anyone know what sort of netting we need to use? We’re going to have to cover our back garden for our ducks.

 

[Philosorapteuse]

As far as I know, it just needs to be a small enough mesh that it’ll keep wild birds out?