Vanodine Idophor V.18

Vanodine V.18 is an Iodophor, specially formulated and stabilized for use with all types of livestock, domestic pets and in aviaries.. Vanodine V.18 should be regarded as a biocide, rather than a disinfectant. This is because a biocide inactivates ALL types of organisms, viruses, bacteria and even fungi, whereas most disinfectants do not do this, as they are "selective" in what they kill.

Very few, for example, are effective against the polio virus, the tuberculosis bacterium, or many of the antibiotic resistant organisms which have resulted from extensive bacteria and viruses. It will also kill fungi, without having to be used at a dangerously strong dilution rate, as is the case with the few corrosive types of disinfectant that are effective against fungi. Another major benefit is that V.18 can be used to keep down bacteria in the presence of livestock.

As more and more intensive methods of animal husbandry are practiced, the risks of keeping livestock increase and it is in these crowded environments that new methods of disinfection are necessary to help prevent the spread of infection.

Infection can be spread from a diseased animal to a healthy one in a vast number of ways. Direct contact is the most obvious, but by no means the most common method of transmission. Human beings can convey infective material on their boots, hands and clothing. It can also come in on the feet of animals, on equipment, food containers and on the wheels of vehicles.

With so many possible sources of disease, it is imperative that a strict code of hygiene is implemented, but even where all the basic principles of hygiene are practiced, bacteria populations will build up while livestock are in housing. In order to keep mortality rates to a minimum, it is therefore essential that this build up of bacteria be kept as low as possible and this is where V.18 can be a great help.

Vanodine V.18 can be used to kill bacteria, viruses and fungi - which cause the following diseases:

Arthritis, Aspergillosis, Chronic Respiratory Disease, Epidemic Tremor, Erysipelas, Favus, Fowl Cholera, Fowl Pox, Fowl Typhoid, Infectious Bronchitis, Infectious Laryngotracheitis, Infectious Sinusitis, Infectious Synovitis, Mycosis and Newcastle Disease.

Vanodine V.18 is also most useful to breeders of Rabbits, Cavies, Chinchillas, Mice etc., as it helps to prevent respiratory diseases, (including "Snuffles") Salmonellosis and many forms of Enteritis.

Bird Breeders suffer from "dead in shell" and "mushy chick", where the youngsters fail to break out their shells. Washing eggs in a V.18 solution destroys the Staphylococci which causes "mushy chick". Vanodine V.18 has also been proved useful in controlling the spread of Salmonellosis, Paratyphoid and respiratory diseases among birds.

The following list is not comprehensive, but shows some of the organisms against which V.18 has been tested. In every case the kill was extremely fast, many times faster than either carbolic or quaternary compounds:

Salmonella typhimurium

Staphylococcus aureus

Streptococcus pyogenes

Streptococcus agalactae

Escherichia coli

Salmonella cholera-suis

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Shigella sonnei

Candida albicans

Aspergillus

Microsporum gypseum

Epidermophyton floccosum

Trichophyton rubrum

See Vanodine Pathogen chart for full list