Association of Avian Veterinarians

Preliminary Evaluation of an OTC "Disinfectant"
Author(s): Alan Fudge
Source: AAV Today, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan., 1987), p. 14
Published by: Association of Avian Veterinarians
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Fudge,
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Citrus

DVM,

"Disinfectant"
Mardel

manufacturers

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and

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other

OTC

of

counter) drugs, has picked up the clue
from

avian

about

veterinarians

the

importance of disinfecting the avian
environment. CAGE GUARD
(TM)
and WATER GUARD
(TM) have
recently been introduced. How effective
are

these

In the laboratory, we plated out
WATER GUARD against clinical
isolates

of E.

times

the

coli

and

of one,

Pseudomonas.
two

recommended

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were

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high

at

the

if the

active ingredient were hypochlorite or
chlorhexidine, itwould have to be a
very weak solution and therefore
ineffective, as these products have their
definite shortcomings with many gram
negative

organisms,

recommended

reduction

Some factors to consider are
1) the
active ingredients are listed as "mixed
halogen oxides," which could mean
anything including very dilute
hypochlorite (bleach) or chlorhexidine
(Nolvasan, Chlorasan)\ 2) the visual and

the product

suggests

ismostly water; 3) the product is
supposedly safe for daily use in the
drinking water, and 4) it is presumably
dilute enough to evade EPA labeling

numbers

products?

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DVM,

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I don't feel thatWATER GUARD
will protect your clients' water dishes,
but it is probably almost as safe as
drinking water. I will continue to
recommend detergent wash
quaternary

ammonium

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Alan Fudge, DVM,
Heights,
California

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