What are the precautions for disinfecting a pigpen? These points cannot be ignored
Disinfecting a pigpen is a very important task, and if some details are not handled properly, they can seriously affect the disinfection effect. What aspects need attention during routine disinfection? Below, Qinnong Network will explain some general key points for disinfection. When disinfecting later on, everyone must pay attention to the following details to achieve a high-quality disinfection effect.
1. Disinfect thoroughly
Spraying thoroughly is a very important point. What everyone may understand is that as long as it is all sprayed, it is fine, but that is actually not the case. In routine disinfection, everyone just sprays everywhere throughout the pigpen, but in fact it should be targeted. Wall corners and the ground are the places where pathogens are most likely to gather. These two areas should be sprayed carefully, with a larger amount, and the cleaning time should also be a bit later than in other places. Ensure that the disinfectant can come into contact with pathogens to the greatest extent, so as to achieve a thorough disinfection effect.
2. Sufficient dosage
The amount of disinfectant used has always been a major issue. Sufficient here means ensuring both the concentration and the quantity of the solution. If the concentration is too low, effective disinfection cannot be formed in places where many pathogens gather. The disinfectant's potency is exhausted, but many pathogens remain, so how can disinfection work? Next is that the amount is too small. Many times everyone sprays only a little as a formality. By the time spraying of one pigpen is finished, before the person has even left, the disinfectant has already stopped working. How can it effectively sterilize?
3. Use the right medicine for the problem
No disinfectant is universal. During disinfection, people sometimes mainly kill pathogens with little harm, so it is best to be as targeted as possible. Carry out focused disinfection against diseases that have occurred in this pigpen before. Limewater is suitable for disinfecting the ground and excretion areas, because limewater has an extremely strong killing effect on the diseases caused in these two places. Caustic soda has a remarkable effect on disinfecting iron railings and similar items in the pigpen. Peracetic acid has a very good effect on pathogens on feed troughs or walls, and is also quite suitable.
4. Pigpen handling
Pigpen disinfection must also be done at the right time and under the right conditions. Many pathogens in the pigpen are easier to kill when they are relatively active, because when active, pathogens increase their interaction with the outside environment, so when disinfectant appears, it will make them die faster. First, the temperature in the pigpen should preferably be maintained at 15°C-20°C. This is the temperature range in which pathogens are relatively active. Second, humidity should be controlled at around 80%. This is also the humidity that the vast majority of pathogens like. Some things in the pigpen that easily block the disinfectant should preferably be removed first to avoid dead corners.
When disinfecting, everyone must choose the disinfectant according to the specific situation. Next, the same disinfectant liquid should not be used for a long time, because this easily causes later pathogens to develop resistance. If it is changed frequently, the speed at which pathogen resistance appears cannot keep up. Before disinfection, various residues and manure should first be cleaned away with water, otherwise it is equivalent to leaving large sources of pathogens there, which will seriously affect the effect.