Oxine as effective disinfectant?

[Kiki]

Oxine:

 

[paneubert]

Get Virkon...it kills Marek's.
Not sure that Oxine does.View attachment 1645047

That stuff looks good. Usually the more words, the better it is.

 

[Kiki]

That stuff looks good. Usually the more words, the better it is.

Virkon is the best.

 

[paneubert]

@Texas Kiki . Your screenshot of Oxine and its claim to be good on bio-films reminds me that StarSan also claims something along the same lines in their marketing. Often if the baddies can form a film, lots of extra effort is needed to kill it or break the film. I would count Oxine's claim to be a good breaker and preventer of bio-films to be a big plus in their favor.

 

[paneubert]

Which I think is usually benzalkonium chloride. Can be bought in higher concentrations for cheaper (usually as a swimming pool cleaner) if that is the plan.

 

[paneubert]

At the risk of being a pot calling the kettle black, bleach is pretty strong stuff......

But I would go with the Virkon if I could get it.

 

[casportpony]

http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/pdf/antimicrobial-spectrum-of-disinfectants

 

[Ms Biddy]

Oxine acts differently depending on the concentration and whether or not it is activated. In its unactivated state, it is a deodorizer and bacteriostat, meaning only that it slows the growth of bacteria. When activated, it is fungicidal, bactericidal, virocidal, tuberculocidal and sporicidal, a very effective killer. It is not as strong as bleach, but it's longer lasting. This is why it is able to break down biofilms while bleach is not. It is a no rinse product that leaves a salt residue, and depending on the concentration can be added to water systems or applied directly to birds as a spray or vapor. There is so much misunderstanding and misinformation about it because of all the differences in concentrations and its activated vs unactivated state. I've been researching it myself because I bought a gallon to use as a bootwash solution among other things. (eta: it remains stable for a week after mixing if kept covered and out of sunlight)

One of the best references I've found so far is a pdf document showing approval from the EPA for a label change in 2014. I randomly came across it in my searches. It has a lot of detailed useful information. The pdf can be found by searching for: 009804-00001-20140113.pdf

I'm by no means an expert on it and haven't even used it yet because I'm still learning, but I'd love to be part of the discussion.

 

[paneubert]

http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/pdf/antimicrobial-spectrum-of-disinfectants

Wow.......so......coccidia is pretty much bulletproof. Up there with mad cow disease/prions. Which to me always felt like some sort of alien life form come to earth since they are so hard to deal with.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have used Oxine ah for many years in my coops I spray all roosts and anything else that gets poop on it I have stepped in it to disinfect my shoes and have misted my birds with it. I would not feel very comfortable using bleach this way. I don’t use the activated just the Ixine and water according to direction