Hi, first of all I hope I am posting this in an appropriate place.
You see there are a bunch of us Canadians who don't always have access to some of the nifty products that are mentioned here. Anyway, I have been hard at work trying to track down Oxine and there is some good news, particularly for people in or near to Ontario.
After talking to various people in Biocide and associated with them I got the name of Ron Bailey in Ontario who is being set up with the product for distribution. Ron apparently deals with mink and poultry in some way. His phone is 519-349-2130. 519-878-5798 (if anyone gets his email can you tell me it because the one I was given doesn't work) . He now has the product and is selling it (according to a conversation yesterday at $30 a gallon - that might be in U.S. dollars but sounds very comparable to me to the prices across the border. The activator is a couple of dollars more although my understanding is that it is not absolutely necessary to use that and some people seem to think not a good idea for live poultry (might want to do a search on that) He is willing to ship it by Purolator courier.
Unfortunately for those of us living far away it doesn't look like it is worth it. I checked with purolator, and Greyhound the shipping is at least $45 to me in B.C. Canada post isn't much better and they will only ship liquids if they are packed in a particularly involving way. (Purolator will charge a $15 surcharge if they feel like it as well because it is a liquid).
There is still some hope for those of us in western Canada and so far it comes in the form of a product called Eco-san and marketed by a company called Sanimarc and now under the umbrella of Wood Wyatt. I was told by someone in the head office of Biocide that Eco-san is the same as oxine but just with their label. I am in receipt of the TD (whatever that means it is kind of a spec sheet of Ecosan) and it looks like the same thing with the same uses although the one thing I didn't see on the list was the treatment of drinking water or fogging with it and I have a question in to the Sani Marc Head Office about that (ph. 1-888-749-9699)
If anyone else has been using Eco-san in this way I would like to hear about it since I am a little concerned lest there be some mix up i.e. just because something can be used safely in processing dead poultry certainly doesn't mean it is safe with our live birds and I have yet to feel completely sure of that.
I am also waiting to hear from Sanimarc's western distributor who will hopefully have those answers(don't have the name or number but am told the person will get in touch with me) to find out how I can get the product here.
o.k. well, as I say hope I wasn't blundering into the wrong area but if so could someone tell me where this post should be. thanks
You see there are a bunch of us Canadians who don't always have access to some of the nifty products that are mentioned here. Anyway, I have been hard at work trying to track down Oxine and there is some good news, particularly for people in or near to Ontario.
After talking to various people in Biocide and associated with them I got the name of Ron Bailey in Ontario who is being set up with the product for distribution. Ron apparently deals with mink and poultry in some way. His phone is 519-349-2130. 519-878-5798 (if anyone gets his email can you tell me it because the one I was given doesn't work) . He now has the product and is selling it (according to a conversation yesterday at $30 a gallon - that might be in U.S. dollars but sounds very comparable to me to the prices across the border. The activator is a couple of dollars more although my understanding is that it is not absolutely necessary to use that and some people seem to think not a good idea for live poultry (might want to do a search on that) He is willing to ship it by Purolator courier.
Unfortunately for those of us living far away it doesn't look like it is worth it. I checked with purolator, and Greyhound the shipping is at least $45 to me in B.C. Canada post isn't much better and they will only ship liquids if they are packed in a particularly involving way. (Purolator will charge a $15 surcharge if they feel like it as well because it is a liquid).
There is still some hope for those of us in western Canada and so far it comes in the form of a product called Eco-san and marketed by a company called Sanimarc and now under the umbrella of Wood Wyatt. I was told by someone in the head office of Biocide that Eco-san is the same as oxine but just with their label. I am in receipt of the TD (whatever that means it is kind of a spec sheet of Ecosan) and it looks like the same thing with the same uses although the one thing I didn't see on the list was the treatment of drinking water or fogging with it and I have a question in to the Sani Marc Head Office about that (ph. 1-888-749-9699)
If anyone else has been using Eco-san in this way I would like to hear about it since I am a little concerned lest there be some mix up i.e. just because something can be used safely in processing dead poultry certainly doesn't mean it is safe with our live birds and I have yet to feel completely sure of that.
I am also waiting to hear from Sanimarc's western distributor who will hopefully have those answers(don't have the name or number but am told the person will get in touch with me) to find out how I can get the product here.
o.k. well, as I say hope I wasn't blundering into the wrong area but if so could someone tell me where this post should be. thanks
I believe she said $40 plus shipping.
