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Virkon® Efficacy

Virkon® possesses a wide spectrum of virucidal, bactericidal and fungicidal activity. This table shows examples of organisms important in aquaculture that are effectively killed by Virkon®.

Infectious Organism	Fish Disease	Representative test organism	Effective Dilution
Bacteria
Aeromonas hydrophila	Generally secondary invader	Aeromonas hydrophila	1:200
Aeromonas salmonicida	Furunculosis	Aeromonas salmonicida subsp achromogenes	1:200
		Aeromonas salmonicida subsp salmonicida	1:200
		Aeromonas salmonicida subsp salmonicida	1:1000
Yersinia ruckerii	Enteric Redmouth Disease / ERM	Yersinia ruckeri	1:50
Yersinia ruckerii	Enteric Redmouth Disease / ERM	Yersinia ruckeri Serotype 1	1:100
Psuedomonas aeruginosa		Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC15442	1:100
		Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCIMB 10421	1:100
		Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 15442	1:100
Pseudomonas anguilliseptica		Pseudomonas anguilliseptica	1:100
Renibacterium salmoninarum	Bacterial Kidney Disease	Renibacterium salmoninarum	1:100
Vibrio anguillarum	Vibriosis	Vibrio anguillarum serotype 1	1:100
Viruses
Rhabdovirus	Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis, Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia, Spring Viraemia of Carp	Snakehead rhabdovirus Strain 19	1:500
Rhabdovirus		Snakehead rhabdovirus Ban Pako strain	1:500
Birnavirus	Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis	Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus	1:100

Virkon® can be applied to surfaces and equipment to clean and disinfect in a one step operation - it passes AOAC detergent sanitizer test at 1:200 dilution.

Virkon® shows excellent efficacy against bacteria and viruses on wooden surfaces at 1% to 2% concentrations with a 15 to 20 minute contact time.

Directions for General Use

For routine cleaning and disinfection

Thoroughly clean surfaces with a 0.5% solution of Virkon®

For Terminal disinfection of surfaces and equipment

Surfaces: To disinfect lightly soiled surfaces, hard surfaces, floors, workbenches, bathtubs, bidets, textile, upholstery; wash with a 1% solution in normal way.

Laboratory Equipment: To disinfect glassware, crockery, specimen jars, laboratory glassware, cups, saucers; soak heavily soiled utensils in a 1% solution of Virkon® for 10 minutes. Rinse in clear water. For lightly soiled utensils, wash normally in a 1% solution of Virkon®.

Dilution Instructions:

DILUTION RATE REQUIRED
1%	0.5%	0.2%	20%	Amount of disinfectant solution required
QUANTITY OF VIRKON® REQUIRED				Amount of disinfectant solution required
10 grams	5 grams	2 grams	-	1 litre
50 grams	25 grams	10 grams	-	5 litres
100 grams	50 grams	20 grams	2 kg	10 litres
250 grams	125 grams	50 grams	-	25 litres
1000 grams	500 grams	200 grams	-	100 litres

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Website updated - May 20, 2008

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