A NEW GENERATION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AS A FUNGICIDAL DISINFECTANT IN RABBIT HOUSES

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1 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Kafrelsheikh University. Egypt

2 Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University .Egypt

Abstract

The experiments were performed on rabbits suffering from dermatophytosis
caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes, also Microsporum
canis were found at percentages of 55.7% and 20% respectively.
Moreover, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus candidus, Fusarium, Alternaria
spp, Penicillium spp and Cladosporium spp, Curvularia spp Mucor
spp. and Rhodotorula spp were isolated from fur of rabbits. The
isolates from rabbit's samples were isolated from the air and for
surface of rabbit houses at Gharbia Governorate from December
2007 till February 2008. Surface disinfection and decontamination
provide temporary amelioration against microbial colonization. Disinfected
surfaces eventually become contaminated, thus, mitigating the
benefit of the initial disinfection. We describe here ionized hydrogen
peroxide (IHP) disinfectant technology designed to provide longlasting
sanitization and disinfection to air and treated surfaces as
evaluated on hard surfaces after repeated environmental insults. The
results of this study showed that IHP application at a rate of 1 mL/m3
had high fungicidal activity in addition to being a fast acting
disinfectant. We found IHP to be effective as aerial fungicide (inactivate
fungi within 5 minutes), while the spores deposition on surfaces were
inactivated after 5 daily uses.
 

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