Disinfectant choices in veterinary practices, shelters and households ABCD guidelines on safe and effective disinfection for feline environments

• Published in: Journal of feline medicine and surgery Vol. 17; no. 7; pp. 594 - 605
• Main Authors: Addie, Diane D, Boucraut-Baralon, Corine, Egberink, Herman, Frymus, Tadeusz, Gruffydd-Jones, Tim, Hartmann, Katrin, Horzinek, Marian C, Hosie, Margaret J, Lloret, Albert, Lutz, Hans, Marsilio, Fulvio, Pennisi, Maria Grazia, Radford, Alan D, Thiry, Etienne, Truyen, Uwe, Möstl, Karin
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2015; W.B. Saunders
• Subjects: Animal Welfare - standards; Animals; benzalkonium chloride; Cat Diseases - prevention & control; Cats; chlorhexidine; Communicable Disease Control - standards; disease control; disinfectants; Disinfectants - administration & dosage; Disinfectants - adverse effects; disinfection; Disinfection - standards; enzymes; food preparation; fungi; heat; Housing, Animal - standards; hygiene; infectious diseases; laundry; Life sciences; medicine; Médecine vétérinaire & santé animale; oocysts; pathogens; Pets; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Protoparvovirus; quaternary ammonium compounds; Sciences du vivant; silver; sodium hypochlorite; Special; steam; surgery; toxicity; ultraviolet radiation; Veterinary medicine & animal health; Veterinary Medicine - standards
• ISSN: 1098-612X; 1532-2750; 1532-2750
• DOI: 10.1177/1098612X15588450

Overview: Regardless of whether a pathogen is viral, bacterial, parasitic, fungal or an emerging unknown, the mainstay of infectious disease control is hygiene, and the cornerstone of good hygiene is effective disinfection. Challenges and current choices: Certain pathogens present a challenge to kil...