Feline herpesvirus, feline calicivirus, and feline parvovirus

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Virucidal Efficacy of Four New Disinfectants

Nasser Z. Eleraky, BVSc, MVSc, PhD, Leon N.D. Potgieter, BVSc, MS, PhD and

A. Kennedy, DVM, PhD

http://www.jaaha.org/cgi/content/abstract/38/3/231

From the Department of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine,

University of Tennessee, P.O. Box 1071, Knoxville, Tennessee 37901-1071.

Virucidal efficacy was evaluated for four recently available disinfectants:

chlorine dioxide, potassium peroxymonosulfate, a quaternary ammonium compound,

and citricidal (grapefruit extract). Sodium hypochlorite (3%) and tap water were

used as positive and negative controls respectively. Feline herpesvirus, feline

calicivirus, and feline parvovirus were exposed to the manufacturers'

recommended dilutions of the evaluated disinfectants. Both chlorine dioxide and

potassium peroxymonosulfate completely inactivated the three viruses used in

this study. These disinfectants can aid in controlling nosocomial transmission

of viruses with less of the deleterious effects of sodium hypochlorite. The

quaternary ammonium compound evaluated in this study and citricidal were not

effective against feline calicivirus and feline parvovirus.