The next step in skin disinfection


When talking about disinfection of the skin, it could be considered by some as a treatment that only occurs occasionally in livestock production. However, when we take a closer look we see that reality tells a different story.


By Lieven Dambre, product manager, Cid Lines C 38 PIGLETS - JULY/AUGUST 2016


onsulting visits with farm managers and veteri- narians that work on a day-to-day basis in inten- sive livestock production, reveals the bare neces- sity of a good skin disinfectant that can be used routinely and implemented in standardised treat-


ment protocols. Modern pig production is constantly chal- lenged by for example legislation, public opinion, variable meat prices, disease outbreaks, export restrictions, animal wel- fare, etc. To overcome these challenges the industry is also


The disinfectant when applied by spray is shown here in blue on a piglets navel. The spray environment.


Figure 1 – Key areas of application of the disinfectant spray. Ear


Skin Tail Navel Foot


2-phase aerosol system A spray can makes the product easy to apply, preserves the product longer and doesn’t require any handling or tools to apply it. The can itself is made of one piece of high quality alu- minium which ensures that no welding must be done like is the case with thin cans. Also the can cannot rust. The propellant is 100% homogenous with the product inside the can. This offers a real advantage in use in real farm condi- tions. It does not need shaking before use and can be used


driving forward on innovation and cost benefit solutions. Skin disinfection solutions make no exception to the rule. For modern pig farming an antiseptic product should comply with three major parameters. First of all the product must work in real farm conditions where animals are confined, where there is a lot of manure, and where heat and humidity can occur. Secondly the product must be economic in use, hence it will be used routinely for piglet treatment. Last but not least skin disinfectants should be free of antibiotics. By eliminating routine, non-therapeutic uses of antibiotics, the meat industry can reduce the potential for antibiotic resistance and ensure these important drugs remain effective for treating when nec- essary. Cid Lines has developed a skin disinfectant spray named Kenofix which combines those three parameters. The product offers a protective barrier for the key areas of skin lesions in pigs: ears, skin, tail navel and hooves (Figure 1).


PHOTO: CID LINES


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