title: Efficacy of disinfectants and hand sanitizers against avian respiratory viruses.
abstract: Disinfectants play a major role in the control of animal diseases by decontaminating the farm environment. We evaluated the virucidal efficacy of nine commonly used disinfectants on a nonporous surface contaminated experimentally with avian metapneumovirus (aMPV), avian influenza virus, or Newcastle disease virus (NDV). Phenolic compounds and glutaraldehyde were found to be the most effective against all three viruses. Quaternary ammonium compounds were effective against aMPV but not against the other two viruses. In addition, efficacy of commercially available hand sanitizers was evaluated on human fingers contaminated with aMPV and NDV. All three hand sanitizers tested were found to be effective against both viruses within 1 min of application on fingers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota. 1333 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA. patn0016@umn.edu
authors.forename: Devi P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Patnayak
authors.forename: A Minakshi
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Yashpal S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ramakrishnan
authors.forename: Sagar M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Goyal
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology; D004202:Disinfectants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005385:Fingers / Q000821:virology; D005782:Gels; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000187:drug effects; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D029121:Metapneumovirus / Q000187:drug effects; D009521:Newcastle Disease / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000187:drug effects; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D004202:Disinfectants; D005782:Gels