The disinfectant MS Megades Novo from MS Schippers has passed independent tests for combatting African swine fever (ASF), giving pig producers an important weapon against the disease that’s causing a great deal of damage in several parts of the world.
In recent years, MS Schippers has invested in the knowledge and application of disinfectants against the ASF virus. This resulted in the effective product MS Megades Novo. It’s the only effective tool on the market that doesn’t damage materials such as the paintwork on trucks.
MS Megades Novo is a foaming, powerful disinfectant that’s approved for the control of bacteria, yeasts and viruses in housing and means of transport. It has a number of components that come from the medical world and human food industry.
The product’s effectiveness was examined by two independent institutes. It’s been known for some time that the product eliminates bacteria and viruses completely at a dosage of 0.75 per cent and with a soaking time of five minutes. The Pirbright Institute in the UK recently tested its effectiveness against the ASF virus. The tests showed that at a dosage of 0.25 per cent the product killed more than 99 per cent of the virus, even at four Celsius and just five minutes of exposure.
These results show that MS Megades Novo has a proven track record in the control of this dreaded pig disease. And importantly, the test was made in real-world conditions with a concentration, temperature and contact time that farmers actually use. In the world of disinfection research, this isn’t always the case; there are tests with up to 24 hours of application time.
The product is widely applicable and safe for materials, despite its strong disinfecting action. It is being used widely by pig, poultry and cattle farmers to improve their biosecurity and health status and, of course, it goes perfectly together with the MS Schippers HyCare system.
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