Disinfectant efficacy of several commercial products against type "C" Waldmann virus of foot and mouth disease

Abstract

Five commercially available disinfectant products were studied on their activity over Type “C ” Waldmann virus of foot and mouth disease. These disinfectants were tested in presence of organic matter. It was determined that after five minutes of contact between the virus and disinfectant, the viral suspension intraperitoneally inoculated into suckling mice caused the following mortality depending on the type of disinfectant utilized: 1/119 (0.84%) mortality after use 2% sodium hydroxide; 5/120 (4.16%) mortality after use of lodophor at 1:250; 104/119 (87.39%) mortality after use of 0.3% Paratoluene; 116/118 (98.3%) mortality after use of 20% Gluconate of chlorhexidine at 1:200; and 118/120 (98.33%) mortality after use of 4% sodium carbonate.